Here are 10 incredibly fake facts Trump
supporters believe are true
Americans, divided and polarized as
they are, live in two distinct worlds. In one world, the earth is not flat,
climate change is real and Bill and Hillary aren’t pimping kids out in the
basement of a pizza restaurant.
The other world is devoid of
reason, evidence and pretty much any type of historical facts.
Despite the fact that Trump voters have been fleeced by the biggest con man in the world, they continue to devour the lies he sells on a silver platter.
When it comes to facts, Trump supporters aren’t head over heels in love with them. After all, Trump’s rise came as a result of playing to uninformed and angry people’s primal and worst sensibilities.
They’re right and the entire world is wrong, because that’s what their cult leader told them, and who needs Google anyway?
Despite the fact that Trump voters have been fleeced by the biggest con man in the world, they continue to devour the lies he sells on a silver platter.
When it comes to facts, Trump supporters aren’t head over heels in love with them. After all, Trump’s rise came as a result of playing to uninformed and angry people’s primal and worst sensibilities.
They’re right and the entire world is wrong, because that’s what their cult leader told them, and who needs Google anyway?
1. Trump is a devoted
Christian.
The thrice-married, pu$$y-grabbing
Trump is actually quite the exemplary Christian, at least in the minds of his
supporters. They are so convinced of this fake fact that they welcomed Trump at Jerry Fallwell’s Liberty University
this past weekend, where the president was given an honorary doctorate.
2. The economy is
improving because of Trump.
If there’s anything Trump does
better than filing for Chapter 11, it’s taking credit for things other people
have done. Part-time First Lady Melania Trump stole a speech from Michelle Obama, so it only seems
fitting that the Donald do it as well. Now, even though he hasn’t signed a
single piece of economic legislation and all economic data is just a continuation
of President Obama’s efforts, Trump seems to have no issue taking credit for
all of the positive economic news. And despite the fact that Trump had been in
office for a whopping two weeks, Fox News gave Trump full credit for a positive jobs report in January.
3. ‘Millions voted illegally’
(without a single shred of proof).
Not too long ago, a poll found that 55 percent of Trump supporters
believe his daft conspiracy theory that the only reason he lost the popular
vote is because “millions voted illegally” for Hillary Clinton. Ignorance
is bliss, right?
4. Immigration is off the rails
and illegal immigrants are all violent criminals.
Trump played to the racist
tendencies of working-class whites when he declared that Mexicans were
criminals and rapists, except for some. He also took a page from Richard
Nixon’s handbook and touted law and order for the silent majority. But
here’s the thing for folks who reside in Realitytown, USA: net migration from Mexico is basically zero and stats show that undocumented immigrants are actually
less likely to commit crimes than American citizens. But facts are not how you
Make America Great Again!
5. Trump should have the power
to overturn judicial rulings.
Utterly clueless when it comes to
the U.S. Constitution (except for the Second Amendment), 51 percent of Trump supporters think the Executive
Branch should have the power to overrule the Judicial Branch. This came after
Trump was overruled in his efforts to impose a Muslim travel ban.
6. Trumpcare is great while
Obamacare is awful.
Okay, this one is especially
heinous. During Trump’s presidential campaign, he talked constantly about how
easy it would be to gut Obamacare and impose a version of his own that would
cover everyone. Here are the facts:
- Around 24 million people will lose their health insurance—many of them his most vocal supporters
- Premiums, especially for Americans 50 and older, will increase dramatically.
- States can opt-out of protecting people with pre-existing conditions.
- Coverage will get worse.
- Medicaid will be gutted.
Trumpcare is stealing from the poor
to give to the rich, but his supporters don’t mind being screwed by their dear
leader.
7. Barack Obama was not born in
the United States.
Ah yes, the birther question. The
very thing that catapulted a washed-up reality TV host to political fame and
fortune. Trump had been accusing President Obama of not being born in America
for years, which seems to have resonated with his supporters: 59 percent of Trump supporters didn’t think Obama was
born in the United States, while just a mere 23 percent said he was.
8. There’s a war on gun
owners.
Despite the fact that gun
ownership ballooned under President Obama and his sensible gun
legislation failed miserably in the NRA-owned Republican
Congress, Trump supporters believed there was a major “war” on guns. The
biggest (and stupidest) conspiracy was the one involving Jade Helm, when right-wingers thought a military
exercise was actually a secret ploy by Obama to declare martial law and seize
all the guns.
9. All the investigations into
Trump’s ties to Russia are bogus.
Despite the overwhelming amount of
evidence that continues to pile up regarding Trump’s ties to Putin during the
2016 presidential campaign and beyond, his supporters will hear nothing of it.
They love Russia and think CNN and every other major news
outlet is fake news that hates America. Bear in mind, all of this seems to be
leading up to impeachment. But yeah, nothing to see here.
10. Trump is honest and
trustworthy.
This may be the greatest fake fact
of fake facts: Trump is honest and trustworthy. Despite the fact that nearly
everything that comes out of his mouth is a brazen lie that can be disproved in
a New York minute, his supporters think he’s honest. That’s just a special kind
of ignorance you can’t fix.
While some of his supporters have since seen the light of day, a majority of them still trust him despite all the explanations of his lies the media makes.
While some of his supporters have since seen the light of day, a majority of them still trust him despite all the explanations of his lies the media makes.
In short, it may just take Trump
throwing puppies into a firepit for a majority of his supporters to recognize
him for the lying con man that he is. Let’s certainly hope not, as that may not
be out of the realm of possibility.