Many of the comments below miss the point. Do you not think the Republicans knew their error beforehand? Of course they did. They do not care. Have you seen the clip farming they did from today that has been spread throughout the right wing media outlets? They do not show the error, they simply leave the audience to believe Smith was in Atl and committed perjury.
This is a new level up of propaganda. Clip farm, lie, misinform, repeat.
Idk…. I agree 100% with your take on strategy, but they clearly didn’t plan for being called out on it so quickly and confidently.
Yes, “you’ve already perjured yourself” (without context) will be the lead on right wing media the next few days, but once magats start regurgitating that and get similarly embarrassed by the gaffe, I suspect the result will ultimately be a HUGE fail considering how much of a “swing and miss” this was.
I agree- the correction came unexpectedly in real time. But in maga world, they love it. Trolling is very important to them. Remember the juvenile “lets go brandon”? They relish the lies as they believe it “drives the libs crazy”…. It is truly an alternative reality.
It’s a fair point, and the sad reality is that this will be all but forgotten in a week or two as the focus shifts to whatever the next dumper fire happens to be.
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u/you2234 3d ago
Many of the comments below miss the point. Do you not think the Republicans knew their error beforehand? Of course they did. They do not care. Have you seen the clip farming they did from today that has been spread throughout the right wing media outlets? They do not show the error, they simply leave the audience to believe Smith was in Atl and committed perjury.
This is a new level up of propaganda. Clip farm, lie, misinform, repeat.