399: Trump’s Lies Are a Disaster All Their Own
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🗓️ 8 October 2024
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Rick dissects Trump’s blatant lies about Biden’s response to Hurricane Helene, and the long history of MAGA using tragedy for political gain. He discusses the use of social media and AI to disseminate disinformation, particularly Marjorie Taylor Greene’s absurd claim that “they” control the weather.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is a special edition of the Lincoln Project podcast today. It's an interview we originally filmed about Hurricane Haleen disinformation, misinformation, misinformation, |
| 0:09.1 | misinformation and propaganda being spread by Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and others. That is a real travesty and a real tragedy for the people that are working so hard to recover in Western North Carolina, North Florida, Georgia, Virginia, |
| 0:21.3 | Tennessee, South Carolina. |
| 0:23.9 | And it is something that we really wanted to make sure that folks had front and center. |
| 0:28.1 | We are about to see another iteration of that horrible distortion of facts. |
| 0:33.5 | Hurricane Milton is headed towards Florida right now like a freight train. |
| 0:36.7 | It is a cat five as we speak. We are hoping it will reduce in strength by the time it hits Florida. That would be the best case scenario, but it is going to be a catastrophic hurricane no matter what. We are very concerned about our friends and family in that area. I have friends and family in that area. We're hoping they're evacuating now. If you were under an evacuation order, anywhere along the coast inside the strike center, folks, that pretty much means |
| 0:57.9 | from Cedar Key up in the north edge to Fort Myers in the south edge, Tampa and Sarasota |
| 1:03.4 | look like they're in the center of the strike path right now. If you were in those areas |
| 1:06.7 | and asked to evacuate, please do. It is already saturated. The water levels are already |
| 1:12.2 | completely up from the Hurricane Helene. You've got to get out if you can get out. And right now, |
| 1:18.7 | as we record this on Monday afternoon, you need to get out now. If you're going to go, please go. |
| 1:25.4 | This is the real one. This is a big one. |
| 1:30.0 | If it hits as a three, it will be absolutely catastrophic. |
| 1:33.8 | If it hits as a five, the damage will be unspeakable. |
| 1:36.5 | We will not recognize a big part of Florida. |
| 1:42.4 | So, folks, I hope you'll watch the clip that follows because you will see how politicized Donald Trump and his allies made Hurricane Helene. |
| 1:45.7 | And hopefully this will help inoculate some of that before we have to start cleaning up after |
| 1:50.5 | Milton. Thanks again. And if you are in the strike zone, please evacuate when ordered. Thank you. |
| 1:55.9 | Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardt. There is not a liberal |
| 2:03.1 | America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America. |
| 2:10.6 | Good night and good luck. |
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