Trump Jr. insults conservative Missouri city to praise his dad; city leaders respond that he's lying

[Soph0571]

Junior wrote a column claiming, with no evidence or facts to back it up, that before his dad took over, Springfield basically sucked, and his dad’s policies have brought it back from disaster. He writes:

"Not too long ago, Springfield was down and out. Many had lost hope… Thanks to the Trump economy, it's a city that recovered from the brink of collapse, now seeing an economic rebirth that seemed impossible only a few years ago.”

But Springfield city leaders point out that Junior is just lying, according to a front-page news article in the same edition of the newspaper. Check these quotes from the article:

Mayor Ken McClure: "Springfield has never been on the brink of collapse."

City council member Craig Hosmer: “I’ve been on council for five years and I can’t say we ever thought we were on the brink of collapse. He hasn’t really done his homework.”

City council member Tom Prater: “I slept through the part when Springfield was down and out. Springfield was never nearing an economic collapse.”

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Junior ended his column:

"Springfield is down and out no longer — let's keep it that way."

City manager Greg Burris took issue with that, too.

"I'm not sure Donald Trump Jr. has ever been to Springfield but I can't remember us being down and out," Burris said.

Great work, Junior, insulting an entire city that supported your dad in the last election by lying about it in such an obvious way that even conservative leaders can’t help but call you out on your dumb dishonesty. Moron.

[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/21/1797651/-Trump-Jr-insults-conservative-Missouri-city-to-praise-his-dad-city-leaders-respond-that-he-s-lying|

Keep it up Junior...keep it up

[Cha]

1. Fucking family of psychopathic Liars.

[BSdetect]

6. The malignancy is in their DNA

[blur256]

2. As a native from the area for a better half of my life so far

The morons that live there will keep voting for Trump. They will believe the lies. Why? Well because the baptists, assemblies of God, pentecostals, mormons, and worst yet nondenominational told them too. Sigh. So glad to be transplanted to new England. I can thank my UCC minister wife for that.

[LiberalBrooke]

3. I think junior believes the lies he hears from his own family.

I’m not sure that he is smart enough to discern what is real and what is BS.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Let's be fair to poor Junior here.

He was probably confusing it with the Springfield on the Simpsons, with them having wasted all their money on the monorail and what not.

[logosoco]

5. "...claiming, without evidence or facts..."

That is the recurring theme in trumpistan. It is sad in and of itself, but even sadder when most everyone these days has easy access to learn for themselves what the facts are. But, as the article also states, there are many, many churches around. So maybe people are somehow predisposed to just accept words without thinking things through or looking at any facts.

[snowybirdie]

7. Wasn't Donnie-Boy

supposed to stay out of politics and run his dad's company?

[Demovictory9]

8. Why so much effort supporting his daddy. Does Trump even

Care about him?

[33taw]

10. He needs ho fire Sessions and Mueller - or give him a pardon.

[hibbing]

9. The turf doesn't fall far from the...n/t

[lastlib]

11. The turd doesn't fall far from the asshole..........

And here's the proof.