"Authoritarians control their followers by manipulating information & silencing dissent. Trump’s hush money payments did both of those things ... like the rest of his political career, the suppression of Daniels’s story was intended to subvert democracy." aaronrupar.substack.com/p/trump-stormy…
@atrupar It’s nothing to do with democracy. He paid, she accepted, and there was a deal. Simple. She broke the deal. So trump should sue her for defamation!
@atrupar Congrats on your new job with the @TheBabylonBee!
@atrupar And, in true Trump fashion, he admitted it…
@atrupar I don't believe silencing her changed that election. But not finding the Trump/Russia connection did change the results. Fidelity is not an important issue for Americans today.
@atrupar A strategy he'd learned in a fascist legacy early on. x.com/atrupar/status…
@atrupar A strategy he'd learned in a fascist legacy early on. x.com/atrupar/status… https://t.co/wLFan99iHK
@atrupar For decades, Donald John Trump used the media to serve his purpose to include victimizing Black people. Most egregious of Trump’s action was running a full page ad, which wrongfully accused five Black boys of a serious crime they didn’t commit. npr.org/2021/05/26/100…
@atrupar Political persecution and prosecution is the hallmark of fascism.
@atrupar Then he tried to hide the payment and wrote it off as a business expense. The payment would be a misdemeanor were it not for the obstruction.