Legacy media outlets think you’re an idiot

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“Why aren’t I 50 points ahead?” screeched never-president Hillary Clinton in September 2016 as her campaign barreled toward a hilarious loss to a bright-orange real estate mogul best known for firing random people on television.

“We’re doing our best!” replied every left-wing journalist as they peddled half-rate, nonsensical propaganda about Russian prostitutes and whatever else the Democratic National Committee had cooked up for breakfast that morning. The media’s lies fell on deaf ears in 2016, and while voters were more susceptible to leftist propaganda during the 2020 election cycle following months of constant fearmongering and, in some areas, what essentially became prolonged statewide house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unlikely that the propagandists’ tricks will be as effective this time around.

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