It's one of many ludicrous memes of the right. In the US they've been forced to become windvanes, tuned only to the eructations of Trump and whatever pet loudmouth he currently favors. The truth is malleable because it has to be if you're following a lifelong confidence man. Kellyanne Conway was only acknowledging that with her 'alternative facts.'Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:57 pmAs our erstwhile colleague from the provinces used to say, "Fact-checking only favours the Democrats." Guess that makes Mr Putin a Democrat then.
Those who rudely insist on verifiable facts contrary to the rancid snake oil peddled by their idol are anathema, suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. It's not new with Trump, it's only blossomed in the manner of Amorphophallus titanum.
So while the left and the right tend to reject facts that don't align with their views, the right (in the US at least) has rejected any allegiance to facts in the first place. Tax cuts pay for themselves and nobody is going to lose their access to medical care. Immigrants are an invading army and therefore a national security issue: civil rights are an unacceptable impediment to the defense of the nation. Patriotism demands they build concentration camps to facilitate the purification of the population.
Meanwhile on Fox News--don't say it's racism or sexism, it's just political ...
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is widely seen as a top contender to challenge Republican Senator John Cornyn in a high-stakes race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate. Early polling shows her leading the Democratic field.
Fox News hosts in recent weeks have targeted the outspoken Texas Democrat, an attorney, and in one particularly caustic segment on Thursday, they denigrated her intelligence and capabilities.
“Her incompetence is beastly,” declared Fox News co-host Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery. “I mean, she certainly is a mental deficient.”
“If you listen to any of her statements, and she is callous. She’s also, you know, she’s a dumb-dumb, and you can’t take her seriously,” Kennedy continued. “She doesn’t have solid policy positions, and, uh, you know, she is a recalcitrant piece of garbage.”
Kennedy concluded that “all she cares about is making her profile more massive, and she’s massively incompetent.”
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In response to Crockett denouncing President Donald Trump’s “racist and wrong” remarks about the President of Liberia, White House spokesperson Harrison Fields on Thursday attacked the Texas Democratic Congresswoman.
“Jasmine Crockett has the brain capacity of a jellyfish and is the last person on Earth to critique anyone’s mental acuity, let alone intelligence,” Fields said, as The Hill reported. “The Democrats’ rising star has done more to cement the party’s demise than the President she breathlessly supported, the decrepit and feeble Joe Biden.”
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