Donald Trump’s electoral college victory in the 2016 presidential race changed the way we talk about politics in at least two fundamental ways. The first is demonstrated by recent events in which the president retweeted a conspiracy theory and then defended himself by claiming that the person spreading it was a “respected conservative pundit.”
In the past, most of us would have found people like that conspiracy theorist to be laughable. But now we are forced to take them seriously because the man who occupies the Oval Office does. In that video clip, Trump goes on to talk about how the attorney general is investigating the matter. As we’ve all seen, Bill Barr is no stranger to conspiracy theories, so things like this are no longer a laughing matter.
In the past, most of us would have found people like that conspiracy theorist to be laughable. But now we are forced to take them seriously because the man who occupies the Oval Office does. In that video clip, Trump goes on to talk about how the attorney general is investigating the matter. As we’ve all seen, Bill Barr is no stranger to conspiracy theories, so things like this are no longer a laughing matter.
