Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC Reports on Kamala Harris as AOC Advocates for Government Censorship and Other Stories
Chronicle of alarming misinformation and perilous delusions
This rationalization:
“She’s not running for perfect, she’s running against Trump.”
— MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle, Friday
We say: Ruhle argued absurdly that Americans don’t need to know Kamala Harris’ plans since Donald Trump is so terrible.
No wonder Harris opted for her first major solo TV interview with Ruhle just days later.
Following the interview, Ruhle continued to defend the substance-lacking vice president.
She acknowledged Harris’ failure to provide “clear, direct” answers but then illogically claimed, “That’s OK, because we’re not talking about clear or direct issues.”
It’s hard to determine who is the bigger gaslighter — Ruhle or Harris.
This statement:
“[Government has] to figure out how we rein in our media environment so that you can’t just spew disinformation.”
— AOC, in a video posted Sunday
We say: Just what we need — left-wing radicals like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deciding what counts as “disinformation” the government should censor. Has she ever read the First Amendment?
This complaint:
“It is not right that the teachers and firefighters that I meet every day across our country are paying a higher tax than the richest people in our country.”
— Kamala Harris, Wednesday
We say: Harris can’t even come up with her own lies. Instead, she echoes Joe Biden’s nonsense that the rich pay less tax — as she did in her “interview” with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle.
Bull: Even pro-Harris fact-checkers admit the claim is based on the fact that paper gains on unsold stock are not taxed.
And why’s that? Because paper gains aren’t income.
They’re, well, paper gains (which could become losses overnight).
The truth? The top 1% of earners pay nearly half of all income taxes. The bottom 50% pay almost nothing.
This narrative:
“Harris Cracked Down on Violent Offenders; Showed Leniency on Less Serious Crime”
— The New York Times
We say: Was the Gray Lady’s front-page report on Kamala Harris’ record as a prosecutor a paid ad or an in-kind contribution?
Back then, Harris often sought alternatives to incarceration and was criticized for opposing the death penalty even for cop-killers.
Later, she supported defunding police and a Minnesota bail fund that helped violent criminals get out of jail.
A transition committee she co-chaired for Cook County’s woke State Attorney Kim Foxx focused on police misconduct, racial inequalities and the need for police diversity.
But now she needs voters who value policing. You can’t say the Times isn’t doing its part to get them.
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
