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Back to episode — Episode 2495 CWSA 06/04/24

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ir main source of funding — he's like the biggest source of funding for the Democrats — he simply posts something on social media and points to an article, and then that's the talking point. So watch for the talking point to be that Trump's going to make inflation worse. Now you notice that the fakest of the fake news will always go after whatever is the Democrat's weakest point, and then they'll…

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Elie Honig, who had pointed out a number of improprieties in the lawfare cases against Trump.

So now you've got Elie Honig doing what I would consider a really solid analysis, exactly the kind of thing that CNN needs to be credible because you're going to see the other side. So why not see the real one? And then here, just pulling it all together, Smirconish — once Carville had criticized Elie Honig, Smirconish has Elie Honig on to defend himself. And his defense was quite strong. He said, imagine it was the other way around. Imagine the judge in this case had donated to an anti-Biden, pro-Trump, go-MAGA organization, but it was only $35. Yeah, hey, so don't worry people, it was only $35. Would that be okay? Would anybody be complaining about that? Of course they would. It would be the biggest complaint in the world.

So without taking sides on the topic itself, Smirconish is being Smirconish and he's showing you the actual arguments in the real world without the spin. He's showing both sides. So I have total respect for that.

All right. Then as you're learning who the characters are, another big signal that the Democrat narrative is broken and they've sent out the repair team is a fellow on ABC News. And you know him. His name is George Stephanopoulos. Wait, I think I pronounced that right. It's George Stephanopoulos. Well, George, let's call him George. So he had on one of Trump's lawyers and he was insisting that there is no evidence — come on, there's no evidence — that the prosecution in the New York trial had any coordination with the Biden White House. I don't know what you're talking about. And I'm going to make this face at you. Yeah, you have to see the photo. That's in at least the one on social media of the George Stephanopoulos face. He's just like, I will make this face at you to change how your words are received by my public. Stop saying those words. I don't want to hear it. I'll use my face to stop them.

Well, and then I guess it was Will Scharf was the attorney, and he pointed out that the number three person at Biden's Department of Justice stepped down, meaning took a demotion willingly, involuntarily, to go work on this case. And that would certainly suggest a strong inference of coordination with the White House. And then when you add the Fannie Willis prosecutors meeting at the White House and some other stuff, it looks kind of obvious. But no, George Stephanopoulos says no way, fake news, no coordination, there is no evidence of that.

So here's what you need to know. If you know the players, you can tell what's true by who they send to tell you it's false. This is really important. You can tell what's true by which character specifical

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ly they send to say it's false. If they send Adam Schiff to say it's not true, oh, it's true. If they send Jamie Raskin to say it's not true, it's definitely true. If they send George Stephanopoulos to say it's not true, oh, it's definitely true. It's definitely true. And if The Atlantic says something's true, it's definitely not true. So there, those are your strongest signals for fake news: Rask…

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