Karoline Leavitt - Trump’s Chief Propagandist
I was thinking this week about our new Chief Propagandis…. Errrr I mean “White House Press Secretary,” the unendingly frustrating, always lying, outrageously offensive Karoline Leavitt. There should be some kind of alarm or noise that goes off when you say her name right? What do you all hear in your head? I hear that grating buzzer or klaxon alarm that they use in submarine movies when the sub is about to get attacked. It’s like a stark warning that propaganda is on the way, duck now!
Let’s talk a little about why Karoline is so frightening, and ultimately, so dangerous. It goes back to that warning soundright? The message that those of us not in a cult receive in the back of our brains that warns us that what we are about to hear is not connected to reality, that it has only one purpose, to distract from the truth and further the message of the cult leader. It will not be based in any fact, it will not be researched and should someone (say a member of the press or the public… GASP) dare to challenge her messaging with silly facts or logic she will speak over them, become snarky and judgmental, scoff and attack or insult.
Here are just a few of comrade Karoline’s most obvious or offensive blunders over the last week or two.
Law and Order…. Dun DUH! They will have none of it! Sometimes they slip and tell you what they really mean. That was the case for Karoline on this one no doubt when she quipped with such confidence, “We want to restore the Department of Justice to an institution that focuses on fighting law and order."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hilarious-karoline-leavitt-blunder-causes-171731015.html
Or how about her blatant lies about Judge Boesberg. You can watch her exchange with NBC reporter Garrett Haake at the link below. But he was having none of her outright lie that Judge Boesberg was appointed by President Obama.
"You took me right where I wanted to go about the idea of these people are all foreign terrorists, but Judge Boesberg was originally appointed by Georgia W. Bush and then elevated by Barack Obama. I just feel like I should clear that up."
Seriously, does she not bother to fact her provided talking points or does she just assume that like her, nobody else will do any research or reading? Imagine being someone at the school that churned out this piece of work watching her make their entire institution look like a fraud on national television every day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udcxC0ToMCk
Then we had her xenophobic diatribe on our French allies, somehow thinking it made her look smart to repeat a tired, old, offensive joke about French people speaking German if it “wasn’t for the United States of America.” Maybe the worst part of watching this one is how proud of herself you can see she is. I can literally see her thinking about the little “winner ribbon” she’s planning to pin on herself later for that one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIly7kSCJGA
These aren’t one-off blunders or mistakes, this is simply how she operates. It’s not just her incompetence, it’s literally right out of the propagandist’s playbook. Let’s define propagandist.
“someone who produces or spreads propaganda : a person who spreads ideas, facts, or allegations deliberately to further a cause or to damage an opposing cause.”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propagandist
Now, let’s identify some of the most famous propagandists in recent history. Maybe famous isn’t the right word, maybe notorious, maybe evil? Regardless, it’s important to note that a Google search is going to show some pretty striking commonalities in this group. If you’re interested, check out the HistoryNet article linked below, but these are all tools of fascist rulers and governments aimed at sewing discontent, spreading misinformation, and defending their dear leader at all costs with no consideration for truth or decency.
https://www.historynet.com/historys-most-notorious-wartime-propagandists/
I feel like I could go on and on, but I’m getting sick to my stomach now and need a snack. Here’s the thing, we should all be afraid of this kind of behavior. It’s not just an SNL skit, it’s not just a funny mistake or the continued display of stupidity. This is a continued, concerted effort to subvert truth in favor of an alternate reality that this group hopes to sell to even more Americans. We are quite literally being gaslit as a nation and more than 70 million of our neighbors either can’t see it, don’t care, or have been so brainwashed that they are now party to it.
To resist this kind of tyranny, we must support organizations that defend democracy and take action to protect our rights. We cannot just sit by and watch this play out on our televisions and hope for the best.
If you can, go buy a shirt or three at ResistRinseRepeat.com and vote for your favorite cause. Help us make a difference. Each of us alone may be small, but all of us together can show the world just how powerful a resistance can be. As one of my favorite lyricists B.J. Barham of American Aquarium said, “We must go boldly into the darkness and be the light!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0SRvCtYYc
Keep fighting friends!
RRR