The Devil is a Liar

 

After a month of harassment because of having been falsely accused, with her daughter, of having somehow manipulated the vote count in Georgia, Ruby Freedman received a weird visitation from, of all people, Kanye West's publicist, who purported to be working for someone important on behalf of the government, demanding she confess to a crime she did not do or things would get very bad for her. She left her home at the recommendation of the FBI, and within 48 hours, there were MAGAs protesting outside the door of her home.

For a lie. This was a lie that started in the bowels of right-wing media (Gateway Pundit, who is getting sued now and I hope that shitty bullshit factory is tilled under and the ground salted) . This was a lie that ended up getting repeated by Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump, himself (both of whom should be sued until so broke that federal prison seems like a luxury care home to them). This was a lie that could have resulted in the deaths of these women, who were only honestly being part of a great process called democracy and the damn valuable right to vote in this country. 

And for a lie, these women could have faced violence, and did face personal upheaval. Because Mr. Trump was a sore loser and because Kanye West was only trying to help a powerful man stay powerful. Kanye West is definitely, as a wise man once said, a jack-ass. 

Donald Trump lost his election, because, among other things, he is a liar, he was already impeached once, he fouled up the COVID-19 response with sheer ignorance, his for the most part not-bad jobs record was entirely wrecked in 2020, and he instigated constant drama. We've seen how Trump operates via intimidation: vide Alex Vindman, Marie Yovanivich, anyone who doesn't do his bidding. Look at how he treated Jeff Sessions or John Kelly once they crossed some sore nerve of his. 

The thing is, Ruby Freedman is a private person but represents so many election workers who have been threatened because of just this very big lie, that threatens these election workers immediately, but threatens our whole election integrity, ultimately. It's a widely and authoritatively debunked lie, but one right-wing idiots have been spreading for years without conscience. I mean: logic--how do you how many votes you need and where without knowing turnout in advance? The whole thing is too chaotic to rig effectively and you'd need an operation way larger than you could maintain opsec for. 

Facing an irrational and implausible confrontation with this absurd demand upon her character, Ruby Freedman insisted upon her integrity. The devil is a liar. And she did not lie. 

You know what? Mainstream media needs to make this the front page news-Trump is a liar, and he nearly got this woman and her daughter killed with his lies. They need to talk about Mark Meadows and the insurrection PowerPoint. The reality of the coup attempt is real, newsworthy, the only thing I want to talk about, the thing Fox News avoids when Laura Ingraham blank-facedly talks to Trump and he lies about gas prices and think the debt ceiling deal is going to be used on SCOTUS (when simple majorities put his justices on the bench--like, duh). 

(And I will never get over that we had an attempted coup--and it was for this fucking dullard. I've blown more intelligent things out of my nose than this windmill cancer, Greenland-curious, toilet-flushing, Sharpie brandishing, mother-trucking Space Force creating, ever-golfing, tax-evading, pussy-grabbing SOB and I would never endorse one of my boogies for ever-loving president.)

But it fits with the larger picture--get a confession of voter fraud, and stop the January 6 count. Discredit the results. 

They had a plan. This is part of it. And it stinks to high heaven.