Today's "you can believe me or you can believe your lying eyes"
by digby
John Amato caught GOP official and Trump aide Sean Spicer lying through his teeth:
On CNN's New Day, Spicer joined host Chris Cuomo to discuss the new Tim Kaine ad. After showing it on air, Cuomo asked, "This ad is being likened to Willie Horton ads from back in the day, although you did have some white defendants who were at play as well. What's the point of this ad? What's the attack angle?"
Spicer seemed flabbergasted and said, "Anyone who compares it to Willie Horton either hasn't seen the ad or doesn't understand history."
Uhm ...
Spicer has since deleted the tweet from his account. The GOP twitter account also tweeted it out and then deleted it.
Chris Cuomo's argument was spot on even though he didn't catch the Spicer lie. This hit on Kaine is truly daft, but it's not uncommon. Republicans are now routinely denying judgeships and federal appointments to anyone who worked as defense attorney under this premise that anyone who defends an accused criminal is basically ... a criminal. It's yet another way in which the right is propagandizing against our system and violating the norms under which we've operated since the beginning.
For all their blather about "freedom" the only freedom they care about is their own. They are essentially authoritarians which explains why they have rallied around Trump. He may not be a "movement conservative" but he promises to use the power of the state to bring the hammer down on foreigners and fellow Americans alike.
That's what this election is all about.
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