The Trump/Vance Lie Machine

And Harris’s decency

A few observations on a Monday.

An informal survey of lawn signage here in downeast Maine were I am for a few days: more Harris signs that Trump signs like 10 to 3. I was pleasantly surprised.

Trump’s hair is turning purple.

Trump called Harris “mentally disabled.” “She was born that way.” This is clear racism. The video of him saying this is chilling because he seems to revel in the audience’s hatred towards Harris emanating as he says this (and their joy in it).

In a rally in PA, Trump suggested that one way to eliminate crime is to have “one really violent day” and then that would deter others. “One rough hour — and I mean real rough,” Mr. Trump said. “The word will get out and it will end immediately.” That’s a police state.

Do you ever wonder how the lie-machine works in the Trump campaign? Do they just make stuff up out of whole cloth, or take pieces of truth an twist, enlarge them? Apparently, Trump said that Harris “let in” 13,000–14,000 immigrant murders in the last three years. The Department of Homeland security said those stats are from the last 40 years.

I tried to draw a lie machine but frankly got too depressed and really had no clue how to draw such a thing.

The CBS moderators, Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Bennan, are not going to fact check the VP debate with Tim Walz and JP Vance tomorrow night. I’m disappointed in CBS for this decision, although they will have a QR code on the CBS broadcast screen for viewers to check the facts. How many will actually do that, I have my doubts. Tim Walz will have to fact check AND get his message out. I will be live drawing it tomorrow night, stay tuned.

This from Heather Cox Richardson, her newsletter is chock full of information today: “On Saturday, Julia Terruso of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that a woman in a Philadelphia suburb received a letter that looked like an official document from the fake ‘Pennsylvania Congressional Office of Immigration Affairs’ telling her that she was expected to provide living space to five migrants under a program ‘written into Law by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.’”