The second presentation by the January 6th Committee showed numerous clips of Republicans close the Trump telling him that he had lost the election and it had not been stolen from him. This included his Attorney General, Bill Barr, who told him that the idea that it was stolen was “bullshit”. At one point Barr said he didn’t know if Trump was just pushing the Big Lie or did he actually believe that nonsense, and if he believed it that meant he had lost touch with reality. Well Trump’s connection to reality has never been very convincing, but in this case we have two clues that show us he knew and continues to know he is lying.
The first clue is the violent attempt to overthrow the election on January 6 itself. The lie did what he wanted it to do - have his Cult followers do his bidding to keep him in office.
The second clue is the $250,000,000 he fraudulently raised for a non-existent “Election Defense Fund” - thanks for the money suckers! The lie was just another criminal scam by this disgusting corrupt excuse of a human being.
He knows it is a lie. Just like propagandist autocrats always know they are lying. The only question is how do people become so gullible that they believe theses Big Lies?
The Republican politicians all pretend to believe the Big Lie because the Republican voters believe it. As James Carville says, Republican voters want to be lied to. I am hoping some of my conservative friends are actually watching these hearings. They actually may not know some of this terrible story.
