The Cassidy-Graham Healthcare Abolition Act is rubbing our faces in what has become the new normal: Republicans lie and double down on their lies. And why not? It worked for Donald Trump. The Big Lie is the order of the day. There do not seem to be any consequences. (Unless you follow the money. Those are the consequences that matter to them.)
The Kimmel-Cassidy ongoing war of words shows how badly the media has failed to come to terms with this. They’re ‘covering the controversy’ — but they simply can’t bring themselves to say Kimmel is right and Cassidy is lying. That would be ‘partisan’. Telling the truth has become a partisan act.
Kevin Drum has been covering this over the past few days. Here’s a few examples of right wing mendacity.
Donald Trump Is Normalizing Bald-Faced Lying
The Left Seems Pretty United In Opposition to Antifa
The Trump Administration Didn’t Like a Report That Says Refugees Have a Net Positive Impact. You’ll Totally Believe What They Did Next.
Is There Anyone In the Trump Administration Who Isn’t Corrupt?
The Cynicism Behind Graham-Cassidy Is Breathtaking
Digby has an account of the big push FOX is putting into their narrative about the real atrocities.
In Fox Bizarroworld, the real scandal is still her emails
Years ago, a crazy comedian who decided to go into politics wrote a book: Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
Not enough people read the book, apparently.