It’s only been six weeks and change since the violent mob of Trump supporters — ginned up by the “big lie” of unproven massive election fraud — invaded the Capitol Building in an insurrection that left 5 people dead and a growing number of participants incarcerated.
For Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA), however, that still wasn’t enough time to begin to accept the reality that Joe Biden is now the nation’s legitimate president and that the multiple rejections of Donald Trump’s scurrilous claims of a stolen election by courts around the country have disproven any credible possibility that the former president wasn’t resoundingly rejected by American voters.
Rep. Scalise took to the Sunday morning talk show circuit today with an appearance on ABC‘s This Week and shamed himself by refusing to admit that the former president’s words and actions helped incite the violent invasion of his workplace and by failing to fully acknowledge the legitimacy of President Biden’s overwhelming victory in the election.
Holy shit. Steve Scalise refuses to admit that Joe Biden legitimately won the election. pic.twitter.com/XHYJDay5RK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 21, 2021
The response to Congressman Scalise’s mind-boggling denial of reality was swift and devastating on social media.
What the hell! Just like Lindsey acting so concerned about other states. Maybe it is time they limit their bs to the state they were elected to serve!
— KD (@KDugovich) February 21, 2021
RW Psychopaths!
— Diane Snavely (@DianeSnavely) February 21, 2021
He can't handle the truth!
— Judy Piper (@Pinot67) February 21, 2021
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-01): $10,000 contributed by KochPAC to Scalise for Congress. He also received another $10,000 from KochPAC for his The Eye of the Tiger Political Action Committee. Scalise also received $85,000 from KochPAC for his Scalise Leadership Fund #KochNetwork
— seeshell (@Tentoads4truth) February 21, 2021
Any effort of any kind by any person—& that includes misuse of legislative powers—intended to deny any person the ability to fully exercise their sovereign right to vote is a crime against the Constitution & should be prosecuted at the state & federal levels.
— Joseph Robertson (@poet_economist) February 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/leeannkendall/status/1363571714542751746?s=20
Trump Psychopath's & NeoNazi MOB!
— Diane Snavely (@DianeSnavely) February 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/TruthTellingNow/status/1363536540912164864?s=20
Pretenders & PSYCHO's!
— Diane Snavely (@DianeSnavely) February 21, 2021
Trump's RW uses, Hitler's Playbook!
— Diane Snavely (@DianeSnavely) February 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/DianeSnavely/status/1363565883717607429?s=20
https://twitter.com/scruffage/status/1363521499450249220?s=20
Exactly! Don’t put them on tv and if they do let CNN and MSNBC and every other station know you won’t watch! WTSH is wrong with the news???
— Linda Blue Wave 2020 (@LindaWe46317432) February 21, 2021
@ThisWeekABC Do better
— Bachic (@bachic2) February 21, 2021
Followed immediately by careful fact check. Then by intelligent and dispassionate analysis of WHY they lie, to put the interview in context. Then book an interview with a disinfo, propaganda or other very relevant expert. @abc – ppl would absolutely tune in. What's your excuse?
— NerdlyRegina (@nerdlypainter) February 21, 2021
With comments as critical of ABC‘s news department for not pushing back against Rep. Scalise’s lies forcefully enough as they are of the congressman for making them, the social media commentators are tired not only of the Trumpist electoral con game but of the GOP loyalists who continue to try to ride the ex-president’s political gravy train until the last campaign contribution dollar can be wrung from it.
No Republican politician should be interviewed by mainstream media outlets without significant real-time fact-checking to counter their evil lies.
One expects to hear undiluted right-wing propaganda from Fox News, OAN, and NewsMax, but to have to hear Scalise go virtually unchallenged while spreading dangerous falsehoods on a legitimate media channel makes one want to demand the return of the Fairness Doctrine as soon as possible.
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