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imanamerican63

(15,931 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:16 PM 3 hrs ago

One has to wonder why is the Trumpian administration pushing the fraud narrative in Minnesota?

What about the massive fraud that the Trumpian administration is perpetrating against the American citizens?

What a crock of hypocrisy from hypocrites?



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One has to wonder why is the Trumpian administration pushing the fraud narrative in Minnesota? (Original Post) imanamerican63 3 hrs ago OP
They want to take out Walz. haele 3 hrs ago #1
Right! Maninacan 2 hrs ago #4
The truth means theyre fired Johonny 3 hrs ago #2
It's because there was a big fraud case involving the misuse of covid relief funds Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #3
Most recently egged on by some bullshit rightwing Klarkashton 2 hrs ago #7
Regarding projection in the authoritarian personality, markodochartaigh 2 hrs ago #5
Every accusation is a confession n/t leftstreet 2 hrs ago #6

haele

(15,149 posts)
1. They want to take out Walz.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:23 PM
3 hrs ago

Honestly, if he was on top of the ticket and/or if the Democratic "consultants" hadn't gotten involved, there's a good chance Dems could have won despite the shenanigans in 2024.
Walz had the best favorability rating of anyone on the ticket in October. There's a good chance if he ran again, he could get the ticket he was on over the finish line in 28.

Johonny

(25,658 posts)
2. The truth means theyre fired
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:24 PM
3 hrs ago

Trump would then have to find new boot llckers.

What appears to be true is tough guy Trump is a fraud. He is weak and his inmates are running amok. He doesnt appear to have any answers. He doesn't appear to have the power to fire anyone.

It also doesn't appear if any GOP in congress pushed back, Trump wouldn't act. The whole GOP appears paralyzed.

What seems clear after the disaster of Venezuela (polled like shit), the disaster that was Greenland, and the disaster of this Minnesota thing, Trump has one more failure before he really see bailing. The behind the scenes GOP house must be hot and heavy. 2026 has been a disaster for them, and they're not 1 month into it.

Ocelot II

(129,558 posts)
3. It's because there was a big fraud case involving the misuse of covid relief funds
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:24 PM
3 hrs ago

by a number of (legal) Somali immigrants who, under the direction of a local white woman, set up fake charities that were supposedly providing food for low-income children. There was a lot of money involved and it was a big local scandal but the perpetrators were identified, investigated, charged, prosecuted, tried and convicted, and now the case is closed. But because most of the perps were Somali, Trump, who is unabashedly racist, is using this fraud case as an excuse to deport all of the 80,000 Somalis who were not involved in the fraud, who are mostly American citizens, and who are ordinary law-abiding members of our communities.

Klarkashton

(4,969 posts)
7. Most recently egged on by some bullshit rightwing
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:46 PM
2 hrs ago

Influencer that stirred up shit about daycare centers.
That seems to be the thing that touches this shit off.
The pretext. It's all bullshit that was handled a long time ago..

markodochartaigh

(5,162 posts)
5. Regarding projection in the authoritarian personality,
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:41 PM
2 hrs ago

"Psychodynamically, the “projectivity” dimension of the authoritarian syndrome is thought to be primarily based on a denial of reality and the defense mechanism of splitting objects into "good" and "bad" parts and the subsequent identification with the "good" parts of oneself or one's own group, and the externalization of the "bad" parts onto “others”. In conspiracy beliefs, this projection leads to aggression towards supposed conspirators while fostering a heroic self-image as the “awakened”. Superstition, on the other hand, involves submission and projection of responsibility onto external forces, reflecting a surrender to fate or higher powers to escape feelings of powerlessness."

https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/15791

Also, see "Accusation in a mirror".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror

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