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A Short Guide to Republican Doublespeak
Dog whistles without the cuteness of the 🐶
Alternative Facts
What they mean: “We really don’t like what’s happening now, so we’re going to pretend our eyes don’t see, our ears don’t listen, our noses don’t smell, and focus on what we believe inside our little hearts.”
Important note: was not invented by Trump but by Reagan who said:
A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.
America First
What they mean: “The world is a complicated place I don’t fully understand, so I’ll pretend nothing but the US exists and matters.”
Captains of Industry
What they mean: “Now that we’ve given billionaires permission to spend as much as they want on campaign financing, we might as well flatter them with some fancy, military-sounding titles to fumble their egos and make them feel powerful.”
