Trump’s Lies Are a Disaster All Their Own

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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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. Follow Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and subscribe to his Substack at therickwilson.substack.com. Join the fight with Lincoln Project at www.lincolnproject.us and follow us on X at @ProjectLincoln. And please subscribe, rate and review this podcast, thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	Hey folks, this is a special edition of the Lincoln Project podcast today.
0:34.0	It's an interview we originally filmed about Hurricane Helene disinformation, misinformation
0:39.4	and propaganda being spread by Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and others.
0:43.7	That is a real travesty and a real tragedy for the people that are working so hard to recover
0:48.3	in Western North Carolina, North Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina.
0:54.0	And it is something that we really
0:56.2	wanted to make sure that folks had front and center.
0:58.2	We are about to see another iteration
1:00.6	of that horrible distortion of facts. Hurricane Milton is headed towards
1:04.9	Florida right now like a freight train. It is a cat five as we speak. We are hoping
1:09.6	it will reduce in strength by the time it hits Florida that would be the best
1:12.4	case scenario but it is
1:13.5	going to be a catastrophic hurricane no matter what.
1:16.8	We are very concerned about our friends and family in that area.
1:19.5	I have friends and family in that area.
1:21.2	We're hoping they're evacuating now.
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