They lie as they breathe
In a break from watching the Cohen hearing, here is another lie that needs indignant documenting.
Donnie retweeted this lie from Princess Ivanka:
No I did not. I support a minimum wage. I do not however believe in a minimum guarantee for people “unwilling to work” which was the question asked of me. https://t.co/NTzw8Bimaj
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) February 26, 2019
No it wasn’t. That was not the question asked of her. That question that was asked of her? It was not that. Her characterization of it is dishonest, in the sense that it is a lie.
Here is the clip. What Steve Hilton actually asked her is:
Here’s the Green New Deal, here’s the guarantee of a job. They say yeah, that’s what I want, that simple. What do you say to those people?
THE GUARANTEE OF A JOB. Hilton said people want the guarantee of a job, and Princess translated it to “a minimum guarantee for people ‘unwilling to work'” WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT SHE WAS ASKED.
God these people.
Now back to Cohen.
Frankly, though, I would have no problem with a guaranteed minimum, especially since there are so many people wanting to work who can’t, either because of illness or just unable to find work. And many who are so underemployed they can’t meet basic needs.
It isn’t a crime (or shouldn’t be) to want to feed people in the country. In fact, it makes good sense. Crime rates increase when employment goes up, as do many other things that are indicators of a society that is not well. But the Trumps and their friends are able to insulate themselves from the misery in their faux-golden tower.
Oh I wouldn’t either, my point was just about the brass nerve of her lie – combined with the way it feeds into Foxtrump narratives.