During a campaign speech in Sarasota, Florida, former President Trump inadvertently explained exactly how he was able to dupe so many of his supporters into believing his outrageous lies.
“There’s a word: disinformation. If you say it enough and keep saying it — just keep saying it — and they’ll start to believe you,” Trump told the crowd.
Indeed. Disinformation is a technique Trump has used time and time again: His first major lie was that he was a successful businessman, a role that he played on a reality-tv show.
He then moved into politics by pushing birtherism, the racist lie that President Barack Obama wasn’t born in America and therefore was “illegitimate.”
His next outrageous lie was that Mexico would pay to build his border wall.
When the media called him out on his lies, he launched a relentless campaign, calling every negative story “fake news.”
He lied about his ties to Russia, calling his first impeachment a “hoax.”
And his response to the COVID-19 was essentially an endless series of lies about the pandemic.
But his most dangerous falsehood was his “Big Lie” about the 2020 election that incited the January 6th insurrection by his supporters seeking to overturn the election. And then he lied about his role in the insurrection during his second impeachment.
So, on Saturday, he finally gave his game away, either by accident or because he believes his followers are too stupid to realize they’ve been conned.
The slip-up came as he ranted about Democrats calling out Republicans for blocking a Police-funding bill – Watch the video below.
Trump: It’s called disinformation. If you say it enough and keep saying it… they’ll start to believe you pic.twitter.com/nt9XSlZRgX
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 4, 2021
