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Without Evidence
Disappointing headline of the day: “Trump Claims Without Evidence John Fetterman Does Drugs in Wild PA Speech: He Dresses ‘Like a Teenager Getting High in his Parents’ Basement’”
Former President Donald Trump accused Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman of doing hard drugs, all without producing any kind of tangible evidence to back his claim up.
They have to speak English as a distant second language to not understand Trump’s actual meaning. Here is the actual sentence:
Fetterman may dress like a teenager getting high in his parents’ basement, but he’s a raging lunatic hellbent on springing hardened criminals out of jail in the middle of the worst crime wave in Pennsylvania history.
Trump is not criticizing Fetterman’s alleged drug use. He’s criticizing Fetterman’s alleged wardrobe.
So by defending Fetterman’s alleged drug use, are they admitting he is the “raging lunatic hellbent on springing hardened criminals from jail?”
Published in Journalism
Ah, the old tactics.
Biden actually says that voters are
you know what never mind.
Well, he does have two convicted murderers working for his campaign.
Once again, you have to read what the President actually said in order to get the truth. The Press has been lying like this for six years.
Isn’t this misinformation? Isn’t this grounds for having the FBI show up at your door?
Or at least the Facebook Police and Twitter Police.
He is the most evil looking candidate since….hmmm…
His pictures look like your typical “police are seeking this man in connection …” photos.
Trump is an incredibly flawed man. But he looks like Abraham Lincoln compared to these clowns.
“hard drugs”
Is that what teenagers typically get high on in their parents’ basements (he asks, reaching for his bottle of hard drugs and pouring himself a bourbon)?
Who does Trump think he is? Harry Reid?
The body shape is the same….
He also resembles Uncle Fester.
Not to mention looking like the guy who escaped from Gene Wilder’s laboratory…
And chased down a black kid with his shotgun. Real brave dude. And may be a U.S. Senator if he survives the next two months. God help us. But will no doubt be one of Slow Joe’s pals. Will camp out on the Delaware beach together.
And comb each others’ leg hair?
One difference KE. Slow Joe didn’t have to live with his parents for decades. He figured out to lie and get on the public payroll as a young man.
How do those stick legs hold that frame up?
Edit: The Fetterman picture didn’t show up on this comment. I was writing about him, not the cartoon character although both look like cartoon characters.
Riding a new tandem bike to brunch.
The “without evidence” phrase from the list of terms that the media is apparently required to include in any Trump story (“lies”, “falsely”, etc.) is the oddest.
It is often used in contexts where the evidence is right there. And this leads to bizarre linguistic contortions.
The most interesting thing here is the phrase “without producing“. I have not seen this used much before. This may be an attempt to finesse prior media lies about “no evidence“. For example, there was tons of evidence of vote fraud or other irregularities in the 2020 election. Consider locking out count watchers, etc.
in the election context, we see the media go through contortions about how they really meant the bizarrely unprovable assertion that trump’s evidence did not conclusively prove that the fraud flipped enough electoral votes
Did someone get advice to use “without producing“ on the theory that it added some vagueness? For example, does this allow the writer to claim accuracy as long as Trump’s statement was not immediately followed by the evidence?
note another media trick. Although the body of the article said “without producing“, the headline said “without evidence“. This appears to be a mechanism for the media to avoid liability for defamatory headlines.
But, as noted in the original post, Trump did not accuse Fetterman of drug use. Doth the media protest too much? Is Fetterman actually a drug user?
That beach image is cringeworthy. But, who am I to judge?
Something has to account for that body type and RBF.
At some point it becomes apparent that the media thinks that the people are stupid. I suppose in their view the people are. After all they elected Trump in 2016 and absent a herculean (and illegal) effort he would have won in 2020. So, the voters must be stupid and thus if Trump can sway them with his “lies” then we can as well.
Does Joe’s basement have a guest room?
I guess we should be grateful that Fetterman is not a typical “overly coiffed politician”. But in reality we have to examine the underlying motivations for the way he presents himself and is happy to be seen. Personally I prefer Hawaiian shirts, sandals and shorts. But I would not wear them if I was running for office. (Well, maybe I would be tempted to do so.) It is a fine line between taking yourself seriously enough to be a viable candidate and taking yourself too seriously and projecting self-importance. But I prefer President Trump’s style — dressing well and talking like real people — to dressing like the Left’s stereo-typical image of a Walmart shopper and talking like a progressive politician.
‘Without evidence’ is only used for Trump If he said his coffee was cold they would report it as ‘claims without evidence’.
let’s see:
Biden -Corn pop, worked in a mine , drove a big rig , top of his class, etc.
Trump shows his brilliance again.
And Fetterman does look pretty satanic with that goatee and his stark facial features.
As pointed out above, “without evidence” is one of the ways the media defends leftists. It’s inverse is “credibly accused,” which they use against conservatives.
He looks like an extra from The Longest Yard.
It probably has a shower.
So the headline claims, without evidence, that Trump lied about Fetterman.
Any sixth-grade English student, even in our pathetic public school system, can see that the statement was about the candidates style of dress.