Trump: Violent crime in Washington, D.C., is “totally out of control.” Fox News: “Crime is throwing the nation’s capital into chaos.” Actual statistic: Violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low. The takeaway: Republicans invent their own reality to scare gullible people and promote a police state.
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Trump sponsored Jan 06 resulting in 5 deaths, over 100 police injured. Property damage estimated to be $2.7 billion, including expenses incurred by Capitol Police, District of Columbia, & federal agencies, & security upgrades. $5MIL gifted to Ashli Babbit. Trump's been the crime wave in D.C.
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well, it's a repeat of the "invasion at the south border" - it's clear. worked there, the want rinse and repeat. no surprise.
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It’s real if we say it’s real…over and over again…
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DC has been the way it is for decades. Not enough people to support the right kind of change.
This is typical of capitol cities where you see such blatant displays of power and wealth alongside local poverty.
It's a financial Berlin Wall... And the rich don't visit the other side.
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Good enough for taking candy from a baby.
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They do the same thing to NYC. This guy Duffy is always babbling about how people are too terrified by crime to take the subways. It's total nonsense. Incidentally. this is the town he's from:
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They know the brain research. Chronic fear = chronic stress hormones = inhibited prefrontal cortex neural transmissions + amygdala in charge of behavior. The prefrontal cortex is where logic, self-control, and accurate assessment of reality happen. Amygdala is fear, memories, emotions, pleasure.
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It’s all propaganda. And when it’s not propaganda, it’s testing limits of impunity. And when it’s not testing limits of impunity, it’s vengeance. And when it’s not vengeance, it’s idiocy and greed. I’m part of it, too. Open your eyes Republicans. 😳 Most of you are smarter than this.
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Gullible white ppl
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This stuff plays well in Clinton, Iowa though.
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And they keep doing it. And getting away with it, thanks to the splitscreen media ecosystem.
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It's a simple process: feed racist lies to a racist constituency (and, frankly, the implicitly racist MSM) and confirmation bias does the rest. The MSM's refusal to challenge opens the door for all lesser outlets to simply repeat the lies with zero pushback. All of Trump's claims are treated thus.
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Exactly. There is no emergency for this wannabe autocrat to be given more power. A Congress and Courts that work for the Nation would stop it.
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What % of that is Rep. Cory Mills?
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The crime throwing the capital into chaos is happening in real time inside the WH…just saying the obvious
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Crime in DC is down because the criminals got jobs in the trump administration. wonder where the #Epstein files are today?
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The only serious crimes in Washington emulate from the White House.
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I just saw a list of the 10 most dangerous cities. Minneapolis has some explaining to do but all the rest were in red states. 🤨
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Yea but he pardons criminals in DC, well, the white ones that is.
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Lies, distraction, more lies, threats, violence. Repeat.
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Gullible racists...the unsaid but firmly implied and critical part is that dangerous minorities are running wild. Everything they do has this subtext but it's one of the most firmly held beliefs of white Americans. People of color are of the lesser. None of this messaging works without the racism.
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What do you bet they are not sent to Wards 7 and 8 where the crime rates are historically the highest?
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They are setting DC up to be taken over and administratively run by POTUS. They want total control of the capital. That way, they won't have to deal with pesky protesting and other problems! ( Just think of it as a continuous Martial Law Zone! ) Ya gotta think like an autocrat to understand them!
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The crimes are often preceded by the planting of the propaganda to justify the crimes.
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Since, 9/11, Republicans have made a game of creating a world in which they pass their non-consensual laws and circumvent democratic republic processes.
For 25 years. we have been on the wrong timeline.
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It’s racism at the core.
