Capturing the Presidential preferential contest at CPAC by a whopping 70%, Donald Trump is the anointed leader of the Republican Party.
Strange how his followers on this forum are avoiding him. Maybe this is why.
The Independent writes, "The conference, once a high-profile stage to glimpse the state of the contemporary GOP, has become a clearinghouse for online-drive conspiracy theories, self-righteous delusions, and culture war grievances. CPAC attracted far-right militia, violent reactionaries and QAnon proponents."
Fox News on Sunday aired a disclaimer concerning comments made by Trump during CPAC.
To understand Trump, one has to understand that he considers lying a legitimate tactic in politics. It is particularly useful in the case of gullible followers.
He calls his lying Truthful Hyperbole and he defines it in the book, The Art of the Deal.
“The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.”
At CPAC this weekend, his loyal, gullible followers enjoyed and absorbed these whoppers from the leader of their party.
“No evidence? There’s so much evidence,” Trump insisted, although in eight months he has not provided evidence. Lying about evidence is not evidence.
Trump vowed that once Republicans take back Congress in the 2022 midterms, “We will take back that glorious White House that sits so majestically in our nation’s capital.”
“Look at all those fake news people back there,” he said, peering at the bank of TV cameras. To Trump, every responsible news source is "fake news" because they record Trump's comments for the record.
Following his speech that touched off the Jan. 6 insurrection -- or lovefest Trump prefers to call it -- he was banned from social media for instigating violence against our government. “We are taking Mark Zuckerbucks ... and the other Silicon Valley billionaires to court ... until we have restored the sacred right of freedom of speech for every American,” Trump told the crowd. “I was banned by sleazebags.”
There is so much more, but the reader gets the point.
Republicans, this is your leader. Little wonder as to why you avoid him.