I was set to sit down after this Shabbat and write about the incredible nature of our country in that yesterday we watched the peaceful transition of power from one highly popular leader to a less than popular leader of a different party. Today about 1 million people, mostly women, around the country marched to stand against the perceived dangers posed by President Trump to rights. But I can't help but pivot to the fact that this afternoon the new President stood in front of the Memorial Wall at the CIA and attacked the media for reporting what he said about the intelligence community and complained that the media lied about the numbers at his swearing in. Seriously, he used dead CIA agents as a backdrop to attack the media. It was like pissing on their graves.
Then Sean Spicer, his press secretary, walked into the White House briefing room, and again said that the media lied about the numbers at the inauguration. Seriously, he said the pictures are wrong and that there is no way to know real numbers. Then said it was the largest crowd ever, period. That is simply not true. Not even close. When President Obama was sworn in for the first time the crowd was incredibly larger and in fact every photo clearly shows this. This is gaslighting coming from the Executive Branch of the United States of America. This has brought both conservatives and liberals together suggesting that it is not nearly Presidential.
Is this what we are going to have to get used to? Think about this, the President of the United States is whining about the size of his crowd and lying about it. Lies that are easily checked. This is a serious matter, the President and his people are making the media somehow the liars in this. And the Trump voters will remember this and believe the lies of Trump and his team. This is insane.
You don't have to believe what I believe, you could have voted for Trump, you could say the marches today around the world were stupid, but if you are going to argue that the crowds at the inauguration were the biggest of all time then you are a either a sheep of the Trump team or an idiot.
Then Sean Spicer, his press secretary, walked into the White House briefing room, and again said that the media lied about the numbers at the inauguration. Seriously, he said the pictures are wrong and that there is no way to know real numbers. Then said it was the largest crowd ever, period. That is simply not true. Not even close. When President Obama was sworn in for the first time the crowd was incredibly larger and in fact every photo clearly shows this. This is gaslighting coming from the Executive Branch of the United States of America. This has brought both conservatives and liberals together suggesting that it is not nearly Presidential.
Is this what we are going to have to get used to? Think about this, the President of the United States is whining about the size of his crowd and lying about it. Lies that are easily checked. This is a serious matter, the President and his people are making the media somehow the liars in this. And the Trump voters will remember this and believe the lies of Trump and his team. This is insane.
You don't have to believe what I believe, you could have voted for Trump, you could say the marches today around the world were stupid, but if you are going to argue that the crowds at the inauguration were the biggest of all time then you are a either a sheep of the Trump team or an idiot.
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