This is just another cynical game of "pin the tale on the donkey". The current administration hopes, once again, to blindfold the American public, spin us around in circles, and get us to stick it to a leading opposition candidate.
I'm not saying there's no fraud in Minnesota.
I'm saying this tale is a developing political story in which all the forces of the party in power are aligning to attack the image of the man they have identified as a not-so-far-future threat.
In this episode, there's no need to make a "perfect phone call" to a distant foreign leader to ask for a little favor.
Deploy the influencer troops; get the once-legitimate agencies to blow some smoke under the color of authority. Invite the public to join in, incite outrage with a tale that swipes at the face of the whole state. Bang the same drum as always, outrage over peon cheaters, stoke fury at lower class fraud.
But make sure to stick that pin in the governor.
Make that ass bray, just in case we let the peons vote some day.
I gave up and watched the video. I don't know if there's fraud, but something seems fishy. If it's not fraud, it certainly has the smell, and at the very least the government should be interested in a transparent investigation to restore faith.
Call me cynical, but I figure in our post-truth world, faith depends on the tribe you belong to, not "transparent investigation". To me, this is yet another episode of one side screaming "conspiracy" and the other side screaming "conspiracy to create a conspiracy" in order to drive clicks on both sides. The actual truth will likely never be publicly known or acknowledged.
A random, childless dude shows up at the daycare (likely on Christmas day, when the place would be empty), acting unhinged and demanding "where are the children," and acts offended when they won't let him in.
That's a totally normal and predictable response on the daycare's part.
EDIT - This whole saga is obvious rage-bait trolling.
If this was actual journalism, the guy would have went during normal business hours, and brought a child with him, with a fake story like "I'm looking for a daycare for lil' Billy here, would you mind showing us around and telling us about the place?"
Jtsummers|2 months ago
metadope|2 months ago
I'm not saying there's no fraud in Minnesota.
I'm saying this tale is a developing political story in which all the forces of the party in power are aligning to attack the image of the man they have identified as a not-so-far-future threat.
In this episode, there's no need to make a "perfect phone call" to a distant foreign leader to ask for a little favor.
Deploy the influencer troops; get the once-legitimate agencies to blow some smoke under the color of authority. Invite the public to join in, incite outrage with a tale that swipes at the face of the whole state. Bang the same drum as always, outrage over peon cheaters, stoke fury at lower class fraud.
But make sure to stick that pin in the governor.
Make that ass bray, just in case we let the peons vote some day.
wosined|2 months ago
Simulacra|2 months ago
dc396|2 months ago
mmh0000|2 months ago
That's a totally normal and predictable response on the daycare's part.
EDIT - This whole saga is obvious rage-bait trolling.
If this was actual journalism, the guy would have went during normal business hours, and brought a child with him, with a fake story like "I'm looking for a daycare for lil' Billy here, would you mind showing us around and telling us about the place?"