Republican strategists say they have to water down Democrats’ agenda in focus groups

 Otherwise members of focus groups don’t believe it’s true. "That can’t possibly be true!"

In his debate with Kamala Harris, Donald Trump said something many viewers couldn't believe: “She ordered California taxpayers to pay for sex-change operations on illegal aliens in prison.”

The idea that when harris was attorney-general of California, she ordered Cali taxpayers to pay for sex-change operations on illegal aliens in prison seemed utterly impossible.  It was simply unbelievable that the Democrat party would make such a crazy creature their party's presidential nominee--without winning a single vote--without any Media mentioning her order forcing taxpayers to pay for those sex-change operations.

The very idea was so absurd that the morning after the debate a writer for The New Yorker--Susan Glasser--cited it as an example NOT of Harris's lunacy, but of Trump’s: “What the hell was he talking about?” Glasser wrote “No one knows."

Translation: "It's outrageous that anyone could believe that's true.  I don't believe it.  I didn't even need to check her record to know it was impossible!  So if you're as smart and well informed as I am, you shouldn't believe Trumps absurd claim."

Virtually all leftist/Dem "elites" had exactly the same reaction: the very idea that the Democrat nominee would order such an obscene waste of tax dollars was, indeed, unthinkable.  Totally absurd.

But it's totally true.  When harris ran for the Democratic nomination in 2019 (before dropping out before the first primary!), she'd bragged on video that she supported taxpayers being ordered to pay for sex-change surgery for federal prisoners--including illegal aliens.

You never heard that because a) the Lying Media refused to tell you; and b) when video surfaced of harris bragging about having ordered exactly this, the Media disguised her order as simply “gender-affirming care.”

Who could possibly be offended by "gender-affirming care," eh?

Her brag stemmed from settling a lawsuit brought by a murderer who was convicted of kidnapping a father of three, and murdering him as he begged for his life.  Harris later bragged--on video--about her settlement as evidence of her commitment to the progressive movement.

Harris settled the case by agreeing to every demand of the killer, and ordering the state (i.e taxpayers) to pay for the shithead killer's surgery.

Many Americans still don't believe harris did that.  It's just too outrageous, eh?  And of course many Democrat totally support that policy.  After all, if dey want kids under 15 to be allowed to change sex, it must be a basic human right, eh?  And all Dems know we don't deny prisoners "basic human rights, right?

This has happened repeatedly:  In 2019 Cackles said--on video, no mumbling--that she would push for a "mandatory gun buyback."  That's confiscation.  While half the Democrat party is giddy about that, most voters don't want it.  But when Trump asserts--quite correctely--that she said that, Democrats can't believe it.

"Nah, that's totally absurd!  Just impossible!"

In 2016 Trump claimed the Obama administration spied on Trump's transition team to gather information for what later became the Russiagate hoax.  Dems and the Media "elites" scoffed: "It's absurd to believe that the president of the U.S. would do such a thing when he can't run for a third term."

"Impossible!"  But once again it turned out to be totally true.

Hunty biden's laptop: 51 "former intel agents" signed a letter saying it was "Russian disinformation."  The FBI got social media to kill all mention of the story (which was on the front page of the NY Post).  

"Impossible!" the "elites" sneered.  "The FBI is the most respected law-enforcement agency in the country.  Dey would NEVAH doo dat!

And yet...they did.  Unequivocally.

If we had an honest media...

Yeah, stop right there.  The reason voters deny obvious truths is that the Mainstream Media constantly covers up statements--on video!--from Democrat candidates that would cost them votes.

The Media can get away with that because they know only about ten percent of voters will ever know the truth--thanks to the internet.  The Media know most voters don't have either the time or the inclination to look for the truth.

So most Americans never know that Hunty biden's laptop was/is real, and has proof that the biden family was taking massive bribes from foreign governments.  They don't know Cackles wanted to confiscate all privately-owned guns, or made a RULING as Cali attorney-general forcing taxpayers to pay for sex-change surgery for all prisoners, including illegal aliens.

If duh Media din' say it, it can't be true, eh?

How utterly stupid.

Because the Mainstream Media is totally Democrat-fellating, the Media have become a political superpower, allowing Democrat politicians to say and do literally anything many voters would hate if they knew about it.  But they know the Media will never tell voters about those things.

Most Dem voters love the shitty policies--and those who don't refuse to believe their party's candidate would evah support such things!

Neat air cover, eh?

Wait, it gets better: with the Media doing whatever the Dems want, the Democrats can have the Media change the language that's used to report statements by Dem candidates, substituting terms that don't repel most voters.

Ah, I see you don't believe that.  You need to be smarter:  That's why the Media now NEVER uses the term "sex-change surgery," instead always calling it "gender affirming health care."  It’s how "illegal aliens" became "undocumented immigrants" and then "undocumented Americans."

When an illegal alien (released into the U.S. by the harris regime) rapes and murders an American girl in the most ghastly way, the Media either ignores the killer's illegal status or puts it in the very last paragraph.

Democrat pols support charging you with "hate speech" if you don't use a tranny's "preferred pronouns.”  But you never hear that from the Mainstream Media, because it would cost votes.  So as far as moderate Democrats know, that's not true.  The Mainstream Media never tells 'em.

When Democrat Party candidates eagerly support public school counselors keeping a kid's desire to change sex secret from parents (who could counsel their child to wait a few years and re-evaluate the whim), think the Media will tell ya?

Nope.  Never happen.

The Mainstream Media--and corrupted professional organizations like the American Pediatric Association-- recommend sex-change surgeries for children under 16, bleating that they're “life-saving” or “medically necessary.”  But when thousands of young people later come forward to say they regret the decision to "transition," the Media ignores 'em.

If you think that's just a coincidence or an accident you're too stupid to breathe.

The Media "assure" voters that sex-change surgeries are "rarely" performed on children.  How do they define "rarely"?  10,000 a year?  20,000?  They never say.

So: when a policy of enthusiastically supported by harris and walz is too insane for voters to support, the Media either doesn't report their statements, or else reports them in language that makes the policies look faaaaabulous.

Example: allowing biological males to compete against girls in sports.  The Media bleat that NOT allowing this would "bar children from playing sports in school."  Of course that's utter horseshit, but when the average Dem voter reads that, it tugs at their heartstrings.  "How could Trump be so cruel as to bar deez po' kidz from playing sports in school?"

Polls show a majority of Democrats still believe the only reason Trump was elected in 2016 was due to "Russian collusion"--interference with the election.  That was totally fabricated.

Yet when the Deep State (in this case the FBI) pressured social media to kill the totally true story of Hunty Biden’s abandoned laptop, with its emails showing foreign influence-peddling schemes, the Media deleted posts talking about it and instead pushed the bullshit Narrative that it was "Russian disinformation."

The Media is playing you--and you don't even realize it.

H/T Park MacDougald at Tablet

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/democrats-insanity-defense