Rand Paul: “They won’t even admit there is election fraud and want to pretend nothing happened”
The alternative reality persists and MSM is only interested in the 2024 race.
Holy shit. Rand Paul still won't acknowledge that the election wasn't stolen from Trump. pic.twitter.com/mxSuItPaAD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 24, 2021
Rand kept saying: hear the other side!
Rand Paul just gave a master class in how the Big Lie — election denialism — exploits the "both sides" rule set in journalism. "Was the election stolen?" @GStephanopoulos asked. There was no second question. They fought all the way through. Rand kept saying: hear the other side!
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 24, 2021
A clip of Rand Paul using the platform of ABC News to continue the Big Lie, with plenty of pushback from George Stephanopoulos, which in turn led to — stop me if you’ve heard this —”liberal bias.”
Pressed repeatedly by @GStephanopoulos, Sen. Rand Paul won’t say the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, calls for investigation of fraud, but doesn’t provide evidence.
GS: “There are not two sides to this story. This has been looked at in every single state.” https://t.co/P6iz1jjwYE pic.twitter.com/GeWSYe0Bs0
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 24, 2021
ABC News: what are you doing here? What end is served?
Just call the question closed and move on. As an organization.
I don’t think ABC News knows why it participates in election denialism this way. (People who follow me say ratings, I doubt the ratings would change at all if the Big Lie came off the board.) But there’s no question that Rand Paul knows why he does it:
Former senior VP for NBC News:
.@RandPaul:”There are two sides to every story.” @GStephanopoulos: “I’m standing by facts.There are not two sides to facts.” Proof that the Trumpist fusion of @KellyannePolls “alternative facts” and “both sides” false equivalency will continue to assault #journalism post-Trump. https://t.co/Of5AnRQ5g2
— Mark Lukasiewicz (@DeanLuk) January 24, 2021
Marco Rubio acknowledges Trump "bears responsibility" for the Capitol insurrection, but insists holding him accountable with an impeachment trial is the wrong move because it'll "stir up" the country again pic.twitter.com/egtvNAgrS8
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 24, 2021
“ Hawley warned against depicting all militia members as domestic terrorists after the Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people, including 19 children. ”
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) January 24, 2021
