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    1. Daniel Dale‏Verified account @ddale8 26 May 2018

      A consistent thing that happens when you fact-check Trump is that some of Trump’s defenders dismiss the lie by pointing to some underlying truth that Trump didn’t say and accusing you of ignoring it.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 May 2018
      Replying to @ddale8

      I have a term for that "Trump translators." Applies not just to untruths but also weird, vile & hard to parse stuff he says: Trump translators ignore literal meaning and translate it in their minds to something more mainstream.

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        1. zaron‏ @zaron5551 26 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ddale8

          it's just a mechanism to protect their sense of normalcy (or they're terrible people, depending)

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        1. Official  🌋 Synanon‏ @OfficialSynanon 26 May 2018
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          It's also weird that most of the time they point to something else that's also untrue.

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        1. David Emmett‏ @motomatters 26 May 2018
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          A modern day Nostrodamus. The gibberish is translated to something meaningful in the mind of the listener.

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        1. Raven Mae‏ @MaeNena73 26 May 2018
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          Makes me wonder if even they know what he says is often beyond the pale. They’ve just hitched themselves to him so completely that they assume he must have meant something more palatable rather than confront the fact that they support a monster.

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        2. Melissa  🌻‏ @mkverson 26 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ddale8

          Call is Newspeak, doublespeak or just what is — #tRumpspeak. #OrwellKnew

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        3. friendly neighborhood socialist‏ @emarxthespot 27 May 2018
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          Whataboutism

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        2. Kathryn #Vaxed&Boosted Laskey‏ @KathrynLaskey 26 May 2018
          Replying to @pamshaw2 @HeerJeet @ddale8

          Tribalism also is people circulating some half-cocked conspiracy theory. To response with link to <fact-checking source>, they say: "I don't believe <fact-checking source>. They lie." To tribalists, truth = want to hear it; lie = don't want to hear it.

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        1. JustaThought‏ @BrainsAreGood 26 May 2018
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          Confirmation bias

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        1. Kathryn Roe-Guerin 🇨🇦‏ @roegue7 26 May 2018
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          👍👍👍

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