Pro Tip: If you find yourself bleating, "But he literally said that," you are demonstrating that you don't understand how words work. Meaning requires context. It never matters what someone LITERALLY said. It only matters what they meant, which context can help you discern.
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If his videotaped comments were as innocuous as you suggest I question why he walked them back as sarcasm the next day and falsely framed them as a question to a reporter, rather than a question to Dr. Birx et al. He didn’t suggest injections but what he said was plainly stupid.
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Same reason he once said, “Only Rosie O’Donnell.” Engaging in the topic would have been branded lying and created endless clips on the topic. Brushing it away as sarcastic takes energy out of the story and runs out the clock. I learned this method in Media Training.
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