It is the most insane thing I have ever seen coming from the Establishment media, and I have seen plenty of insane things said by the MSM.
Ear Trutherism is a thing now.
You would expect this from Joy Reid, who is clearly as mentally ill as Britney Spears and should be put under conservatorship. The Associated Press and PBS may be propaganda outlets, but they are usually much more sly than this.
Joy Reid: “We still don’t know for sure whether Donald Trump was hit by a b*llet… why isn’t the New York Times aggressively perusing his medical records?”
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) July 18, 2024
This gross denialism would get Joy sued and ordered to pay $1 billion if she were a conservative.pic.twitter.com/sBEqd1NEVv
Reid, after all, thinks that Joe Biden recovering from a cold is as heroic as Donald Trump getting shot and getting back to yell, "Fight, Fight, Fight!"
But the Associated Press is going there, if not quite to the insane levels of MSNBC. They appear to be desperate to undermine the Trump is a hero Narrative, so they are just "raising questions" about Trump's wound.
It's what I call "Ear Trutherism."
Michael Steel on MSNBC seemed to kick off the insanity with his insane call for proof that Trump got shot as if we didn't all SEE that Trump got shot. It was Orwellian, but it was also MSNBC.
BREAKING: Former @RNC Chairman & Current Left-Wing Propagandist For @MSNBC, @MichaelSteele, Says Trump Was Not Shot In The Ear On Saturday...Otherwise He Would Have Released His Medical Records.
— John Basham (@JohnBasham) July 17, 2024
Clearly He Does Not Believe The VIDEO SHOT BY @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/tk9ZbuyGXg
The Associated Press did put it more slyly than MSNBC, but they, too, wonder about Trump's medical records.
Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt https://t.co/P4qyPiEA91
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Four days after a gunman’s attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, the public is still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment the Republican presidential nominee received in the hospital, and whether there may be any long-term effects on his health.
Trump’s campaign has refused to discuss his condition, release a medical report or records, or make the doctors who treated him available, leaving information to dribble out from Trump, his friends and family.
The first word on Trump’s condition came about half an hour after shots rang out and Trump dropped to the ground after reaching for his ear and then pumped his fist defiantly to the crowd with blood streaming down his face. The campaign issued a statement saying he was “fine” and “being checked out at a local medical facility.”
Really?! REALLY?
It may only be the crazies out there who are saying that Trump faked the shooting or had his ear cut after the attempt, but a few voices in the media are pushing the idea, and the Associated Press is now giving them fuel for the fire.
At least @AP and @PBS are "mentioning" this..... 5 days after an assassination attempt ???? It's ridiculous media hasn't been on this night and day, trying to inform Americans about Trump's injuries. In 1981, information about Reagan was open and transparent.
— Val Casto (@val_casto) July 18, 2024
It's ridiculous. Eric Trump downplayed the wound, calling it a flesh wound, so it's not like the Trump team is suggesting that the former president faced life-threatening wounds.
The fact that days earlier Eric Trump, Donald Trump and the Trump campaign stated that part of his ear was shot off. Now they are backtracking and calling it a flesh wound. Transparency and facts matter. pic.twitter.com/XSKKOLrifT
— Ford News (@FordJohnathan5) July 17, 2024
The problem for the Biden faithful--a diminishing number these days--is the contrast between Trump's fighting spirit and Biden's decrepitude, which was on display last night when he needed help getting into his car.
OMG. Biden can't even get into the car! :( pic.twitter.com/i76dqYWFfX
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) July 18, 2024
Van Jones, who isn't insane, put it all on the line, comparing Biden's obvious decline to Trump's projection of strength. This is so obvious it barely needs mentioning.
WOW! Van Jones just spoke the truth for the first time:
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 18, 2024
“A bullet couldn't stop Trump. A virus just stopped Biden.”
“The Democrats are coming apart. The Republicans are coming together. pic.twitter.com/qJ4WGtjQ7Z
This is why we get Ear Trutherism. It is the last redoubt of the Biden circle. Few in the MSM are willing to sell this narrative, but with the Associated Press behind it, sort of, it will get spread around the country.
CNN and other broadcasts have reached a new low in RNC coverage, fawning over "unity" and "young Vance" - ignoring we are seeing a fascist party overflowing with criminals plot the downfall of America, a VP who is the single most radical and unqualified in history. No pushback on…
— Jen "I dissent " Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 18, 2024
It would be shameful were it not so pathetic.
Actually, it is both shameful AND pathetic. It doesn't have a whiff of desperation but a rotting stench that most people can smell a mile away.
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