Lights Out - Who's To Blame?
Top Story: Lights Out - Who’s to Blame?
The shut-down story is yours to tell.
As Trump pushes out propaganda that blames the Dems — via government agencies (Definitely unethical, and we’re pretty sure a violation of The Hatch Act.) it’s our job to push out the truth.
If this feels like a war between fact and fiction - it is. And YOU are on the side of fact.
If that seems like a daunting responsibility don’t worry. Reporting Right has got your back.
How to be on the Honest Side of the Shut-Down
Remember, repetition breeds belief.
That’s why Trump uses it so effectively to tell lies that vast numbers of Americans come to believe. Don’t repeat his false claim that Democrats are to blame for the shut down; even in an effort to correct that false claim.
Healthcare. Healthcare. Healthcare.
Get clear on what the shut-down is really about: Democrats vowing to protecting healthcare price reductions for 22 million Americans; and Republicans insisting on taking that help away.
Question: Who gets subsidies?
Answer: Not undocumented immigrants.
Tell members of your community, how the shut-down could impact them.
Remind your community what Trump said in 2011 about what was then a looming shut-down under Obama: It was “a tremendously negative mark on the president!”
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