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Related: About this forumFrom Trump’s controversial words, a pattern: outrage, headlines, and then denial
From Trumps controversial words, a pattern: outrage, headlines, and then denial
By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Sean Sullivan
August 9 at 8:40 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. Donald Trump was ticking through a list of reasons to support him over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday when he decided to linger on one.
If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks, Trump said with a shrug at a rally here after accusing Clinton of wanting to strip Americans of their gun rights. He paused, then softly offered a postscript: Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I dont know.
The denouncements came swiftly from Clintons campaign and her allies and from outside politics. The insinuation, critics said, was that Trump was inciting his followers to bear arms against a sitting president. And Trumps response was just as swift: Hed said nothing of the sort but was merely encouraging gun rights advocates to be politically involved.
The pattern has repeated itself again and again. First come Trumps attention-getting expressions. Then come the outraged reactions. The headlines follow. Finally, Trump, his aides and his supporters lash out at the media, accusing journalists of twisting his words or missing the joke. It happened last week, when Trump appeared to kick a baby out of a rally, then later insisted that he was kidding. It happened the week before, when he encouraged Russia to hack Clintons emails, then claimed he was just being sarcastic.
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By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Sean Sullivan
August 9 at 8:40 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. Donald Trump was ticking through a list of reasons to support him over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday when he decided to linger on one.
If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks, Trump said with a shrug at a rally here after accusing Clinton of wanting to strip Americans of their gun rights. He paused, then softly offered a postscript: Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I dont know.
The denouncements came swiftly from Clintons campaign and her allies and from outside politics. The insinuation, critics said, was that Trump was inciting his followers to bear arms against a sitting president. And Trumps response was just as swift: Hed said nothing of the sort but was merely encouraging gun rights advocates to be politically involved.
The pattern has repeated itself again and again. First come Trumps attention-getting expressions. Then come the outraged reactions. The headlines follow. Finally, Trump, his aides and his supporters lash out at the media, accusing journalists of twisting his words or missing the joke. It happened last week, when Trump appeared to kick a baby out of a rally, then later insisted that he was kidding. It happened the week before, when he encouraged Russia to hack Clintons emails, then claimed he was just being sarcastic.
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From Trump’s controversial words, a pattern: outrage, headlines, and then denial (Original Post)
MohRokTah
Aug 2016
OP
And a very lousy liar. It would be one thing if he were even good at it, he stinks.
MichiganVote
Aug 2016
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MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)2. Liar.
True Dough
(17,305 posts)3. BIG FAT LIAR!!!
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)4. And a very lousy liar. It would be one thing if he were even good at it, he stinks.
True Dough
(17,305 posts)5. True dat!
TrogL
(32,822 posts)6. This is SOP for a psychopath. It's called "gaslighting"
It's also a hallmark of Borderline Personality Disorder