https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485245-trump-hits-democrats-over-coronavirus-criticism-this-is-their-new-hoax
Trump, who opened the rally by declaring the "fake news just doesn't
get it," accused the press of being "in hysteria mode" in its coverage
of the virus.
The president's criticisms at Friday's rally
reflected a broader White House effort to blame Democrats and the news
media for some of the fallout of the virus.
Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney earlier Friday claimed the press was
seeking to use the virus to harm Trump, while Donald Trump Jr. claimed
on Fox News that Democrats are hoping coronavirus "kills millions of
people" so it ends the president's "streak of winning."
Good morning, students.
ReplyDeleteToday we are going to go through the steps to making a Democrat hoax.
Step 1: Pick an enemy
The first thing you have to do is pick an enemy of the U.S. It can be another country, or it can be something more abstract, like undermining democracy.
In the Russian hoax, the enemy was Russia. In the Ukraine Hoax, the enemy was abuse of power. In the Virus Hoax, the enemy is raising the risk to people's health.
Step 2: Create the narrative
This part has to make sense to the public on a superficial level. It made "sense" for Russia to want Donald Trump as President because they had the goods on him and could manipulate him once he was in office. It made "sense" for Donald Trump to want former Vice President Joe Biden investigated, because it could help Trump win re-election.
But why would it make sense for Donald Trump to risk people's health? Is he in the pocket of biotech firms whose stocks will benefit from the crisis? No! That's a lousy narrative. A good hoax must be simpler than that!
The narrative for the Virus Hoax is...wait for it...is that the President is incompetent in general, and in particular can't protect Americans from a health threat!
That's right! The drumbeat of the Democrats has been to paint the President as a buffoon, and now the Dem's are reaping their harvest!!
Step 3: Make the case that only the Democrats can save the save the nation
The final step is to push the implicit assumption that Democrats must be returned to power so that they can do a batter job because only they have the good of the nation at heart and ONLY they have the way to fix things.
Class over. There will be a quiz on this material next time we meet.