Monday, October 22, 2018

Take on American Civics 101

Nobody has used the bully pulpit quite like Trump. He has used his position, his vast reach and the media's need to cover everything he has said like no politician before him. He can literally say a Martian cam to visit him and suggested he might be the baby Jesus and his followers will believe him, his detractors will scream about it and the media will fall over itself to cover it.

This weekend he stated -seemingly out of the blue- that they were "studying very deeply right now round the clock a major tax cut for middle income people." This is a win on the ballot box even if it would balloon deficits even further but what this isn't is truthful. It's not truthful because nobody in congress knows anything about this major tax overhaul and even if they were, well, they aren't in session. So to pass a bill that hasn't been written, discussed or reconciled while congress is on hiatus seems like a bit of a stretch. But there will be plenty of Trump supporters who will believe him and I'm sure there is some sucker who will be interviewed in the next few days to say that the tax cut is already helping him in his paycheck.

The Democrats should start airing the Schoolhouse Rock how a bill becomes law" cartoon to troll Trump

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