Former President Trump urged Republicans to dig in as a shutdown looms over Washington, arguing Sunday that President Biden will take the blame if the federal government closes. Congress faces a Se…

  • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    You’re thinking too logically. Biden is “in charge.” That is enough for Fox News to blanket multiple news cycles with. “Biden ineffectual at preventing shutdown,” “Biden embarrassed as shutdown enters second week,” “Biden nowhere to be found as Congress deadlocks on shutdown reopening plan” and so on. They’re just going to say “Biden” and “shutdown” in the same sentence until a viewer believes - without ever having arrived at the conclusion - that Biden owns the shutdown.

    Low-information right-wing viewers have no conception of, or interest in learning, how this all actually works.