Hillary Clinton approved the dissemination of false information alleging a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank to the media. As a result of her lies, bitterness, and wrath, President Donald J Trump will always have that political scandal to fight. Yes, we know that it is not true. We know that Hillary Clinton and her operatives are guilty, but as President Trump said he will “never get his reputation fully back”. Their lies and slander resulted in his impeachment, investigation, and litigation throughout and following his presidency.
Bitterness, Wrath, Anger, Wrangling, and Slander
To do a case study on those words, we could probably just start with politics; and we could start with what the Democrats attempted to do to President Trump. In October of 2016, they knew they were in trouble, but they just didn’t know how much. As Republicans we shouldn’t take this personally because this is no different than what they did to Bernie Sanders. What Hillary Clinton intended to do was to destroy her opponent—any opponent, Bernie Sanders, or Donald J Trump. She would do whatever she needed to do to get what she wanted to get.
I lived in the DC area when Bill Clinton was president, and the stories were salacious and—true. You would hear ‘insider’ stories from the Secret Service about Hillary’s temper, foul mouth, anger. Now remember last week I wrote about anger (not being in control)? Hillary’s plans were out of her control, and she was angry—at Bill, Monica, the media—and she was willing to take everyone down to get what she wanted. The wrath of Hillary Clinton. There was never any doubt that she intended to be president, and this would not play well in her strategy. Hillary’s bitterness, wrath, and anger led her to wrangle and slander whoever got in her way. President Trump was not the first person she attempted to destroy, and he won’t be the last. But he certainly fought back harder than anyone else had.
It’s All the Rage
Facebook/Twitter/Instagram likes and shares teach people to express outrage online according to William Brady, a postdoctoral researcher in the Yale Department of Psychology. The more outrageous and deceptive you are, the more likes you get to make you feel relevant, important. Throw out the red meat and see the jackals feast! Remember the “Steele dossier” which was largely discredited? Probably. Remember when Danchenko was busted as part of John Durham’s probe? Probably not. We remember and respond to outrageous stuff we read on FB/YouTube/Twitter. We retweet, share, like. What don’t we do? Fact Check.
It Doesn’t Have to Be True; It Just Has to Be Said to Spread the Lie
This is the place where I want to say that just Democrats put out false information, they gaslight their opponents. Sorry to disappoint. It appears the rules of engagement in wrangling and slander are simple: those who are bitter, angry, wrathful will do whatever they need to do to get what they want to get. Just like the Steele dossier, the Russia hoax, and the many other things that have been said about President Trump that are not true, it’s difficult for the truth to come out—to get your reputation fully back. But there is hope, and it’s all up to you. As we go into this campaign season, check the facts. Ask questions. I was at LD 17 on Saturday and stayed until the last person left the room. My purpose was to answer any question anyone had. Good news, only one question! Require the same of your candidates. Don’t spread stuff if you are not sure it’s true. Don’t post on FB if it’s not true. Fact Check. If someone is posting false information, don’t like, retweet, share. Ignore them. Don’t be part of the problem, don’t spread the misinformation.
It’s Campaign Season, Isn’t This What We Do
If it’s not true, if you don’t have proof, then NO. Focus on the issues. Detect an issue where the Democrats are weak—pick one, there are hundreds. Destroy their position with facts on the issue, and then dismember the position and build the strength of your position. President Trump and the Republican Party has just demonstrated for you that we will not allow our opponent’s bitterness, wrath, anger, wrangling, and slander to destroy the members of our party. And here in Arizona, we will not let the nay-sayers destroy our candidates.
Time to get to work to elect Republicans. Join me.