After watching Michael Cohen's wrenching testimony in front of Congress, one has to wonder what it would be like to have lived a high life of telling turbo-charged lies for a despot only to end up being publicly humiliated and facing incarceration. No matter what his motivation was behind his testimony, the acrimonious questions asked of him, mostly by the white male GOP members (who even brought in a African American prop to prove Mr. Trump wasn't racist), displayed an alarming defense of their President whose blatant illegal, unethical, immoral, and avaricious nationalist fervor rivals most dictators. But what was most surprising about the expected GOP assault on Cohen is that they did not defend what a good president they have in Trump, but focused on Cohen being a liar instead. The GOP's confidence in Trump is like saying forget that Jeffrey Dahmer killed and ate his victims-at least he was a good cook. To his credit, Mr. Cohen reminded them all he was once in their Trump-loving shoes and warned them of the peril they all may face one day at Trump's hands. It will be called Mueller, the Southern District of New York, impeachment, and the 2020 elections.
And a liar Mr. Cohen has been, all at the behest of the man who perfected lifelong sophistry: Donald Trump. Look at all the president's men who have protected him by lying: Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, George Papadopoulos, Michael Flynn, and Rick Gates (and more to come). "That group is composed of six former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man, and one London-based lawyer. Seven of these people (including five of the six former Trump advisers) have pleaded guilty." (from Vox.com). Lying and criminal activity seems to be the hallmark of the Trump presidency. Is this the new GOP standard for MAGA?
"Combined with terror to intimidate those who did not comply, a new state propaganda apparatus headed by Joseph Goebbels (reincarnated by Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Trump administration) manipulated and deceived the German (GOP) population and the outside world (the outside world is not as gullible). Propagandists (fear mongering Republicans) preached an appealing message of national unity and a utopian future (rich white people only) that resonated with millions of Germans (MAGA fanatics). They also waged campaigns that facilitated the persecution of Jews (Women, Mexicans, Blacks, Muslims, etc) and others excluded from the Nazi (Trump) vision of the “National Community (Nationalism).” -from United States Holocaust Museum website with my edits in blue
