From the very beginning -- starting with Barack Obama's "phony" birth certificate -- Donald Trump has peddled conspiracy theories. His latest is particularly vile. Peter Wehner writes:
When Lori Klausutis died, she worked for then–Republican Representative Joe Scarborough. Today, Scarborough is a fierce critic of the president from his perch at MSNBC, where he co-hosts Morning Joe. That is why the president has been peddling a cruel and baseless conspiracy theory that Scarborough had Klausutis murdered.
This is a topic most journalists are inherently reluctant to cover, given the danger that it will draw more attention to a vile lie. But with the president and his son Don Jr., who between them have more than 85 million Twitter followers, sending out lunatic tweets and calling for “the opening of a Cold Case against Psycho Joe Scarborough,” human decency requires a response.
Two days ago, the dead woman's husband asked Jack Dorsey -- the president of Twitter -- to remove the president's tweets about his wife from the platform. Then he wrote:
I have mourned my wife every day since her passing. I have tried to honor her memory and our marriage. As her husband, I feel that one of my marital obligations is to protect her memory as I would have protected her in life. There has been a constant barrage of falsehoods, half-truths, innuendo and conspiracy theories since the day she died. I realize that may sound like an exaggeration, unfortunately it is the verifiable truth. Because of this, I have struggled to move forward with my life.
The frequency, intensity, ugliness, and promulgation of these horrifying lies ever increases on the internet. These conspiracy theorists, including most recently the President of the United States, continue to spread their bile and misinformation on your platform disparaging the memory of my wife and our marriage.
I would also ask that you consider Lori’s niece and two nephews who will eventually come across this filth in the future. They have never met their Aunt and it pains me to think they would ever have to “learn” about her this way.
My wife deserves better.
The official autopsy found that Mrs. Klausutis had an undiagnosed heart condition. Nowhere does Trump or Junior mention that fact.
There are laws against libel. But, as Trump has proved time and time again, the law means nothing to him. And the damage keeps piling up. Wehner writes:
There is a wickedness in our president that long ago corrupted him. It’s corrupted his party. And it’s in the process of corrupting our country, too.
He is a crimson stain on American decency. He needs to go.
Everywhere Trump goes, he leaves steaming piles of excrement behind him.
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6 comments:
What I find most troubling Owen, is not so much the ramblings of this sick man as he spreads the dung but the number of his fellow countrymen who likewise wallow in it and spread the stench!
That is precisely the problem, Rural. It's one thing to have a man who is capable of producing so much manure. It's something else again to have so many people can't smell it.
.. When 'politics' or 'leadership' augers in deeper & lower than Alex Jones
When the septic tank is venting into your drinking water
and still you don't believe its true
Trump's supporters would be outraged if they were the victims, sal. But -- like the Mighty Moron -- they feel no empathy.
I suggest that all Trump Twitter followers that do not support him de-tweet themselves tomorrow and see how he reacts to that!
That would send the kind of message Trump might understand, Rob. He's a salesman -- nothing more. When they stop buying what you're selling, you're in trouble.
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