(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . How deep is the dumb?Trump talks border security in front of a section of Obama-built border wall [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-08-25 On Thursday, desperate to divert attention from Kamala Harris’s spectacularly successful nominating convention, Trump visited a section of border wall in Cochise County, Arizona. In doing so, he reaffirmed that he is both a liar and an idiot who surrounds himself with other mendacious morons. This is how CBS News reported the visit: On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel beams to draw a visual contrast between his approach to securing the border and that of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris Trump brought along grieving mothers, the sheriff of Cochise County and the head of the Border Patrol union to echo his tough-on-border security message at Thursday's visit, which was themed "Make America Safe Again." Paul Perez, the president of the Border Patrol union explained: "To my right is what we call Trump wall. This was wall that was built under President Trump. To my left, we have what we call Kamala wall. It's just sitting there doing nothing, lying down." Joining Trump in his border visit were family members of people said to be killed by undocumented aliens. Donald was quick to use their pain to further his desperate attempt to stay out of jail. “What Biden and Kamala have done to the families here with me and so many others, thousands and thousands of others, not only killed, but also really badly hurt, badly hurt to a point where they'll never lead a normal life again. It's shameful, and it's evil.” Back in the day, the revered newsman Walter Cronkite was the face and voice of CBS News. That was then. Today, CBS News along with the rest of the mainstream media, no longer places much stock in accuracy. Is fact-checking too difficult? Too expensive? Or just not a consideration in a desperate search for clicks? Luckily for the truth, the Washington Post dug deeper into Trump’s visit. Here’s what they reported : Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump came here on Thursday to heap praise on the structure standing to his right — “the Rolls-Royce of walls,” he called it — and lament the unused segments lying to his left. Joining him there, Border Patrol union leader Paul A. Perez called the standing fence “Trump wall” and the idle parts “Kamala wall,” after his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Those labels were inaccurate. This section of 20-foot steel slats was actually built during the administration of President Barack Obama. Trump added the unfinished extension up the hillside, an engineering challenge that cost at least $35 million a mile. The unused panels of 30-foot beams were procured during the Trump administration and never erected. How was the Washington Post able to get the accurate information CBS News couldn’t be bothered to research? They asked a local landowner — who despite being a Trump supporter had more respect for accuracy than CBS, Trump, or the Border Patrol Union did. As WaPo further reported. “Where you were, that was kind of a joke today,” John Ladd, a Trump supporter whose ranch extends along the border, said while driving the dirt road along the barrier, the gapped panels making a flipbook out of the shrubby trees and grass on the other side. “Had to be in front of Trump’s wall, but you went to Montezuma, and that’s Obama’s wall.” We live in a post-truth age. But it shouldn’t be this way. We expect Fox News to lie. We know Trump will lie. But c’mon CBS. Get your thumb out of your ass — or drop the ‘News’ nonsense. Addendum: Early Sunday morning Trump tried to comment on his immigration policy — and the woman who is kicking his ass. But it appears he either stroked out or ran out of gas. This was his now deleted post. “Powerfulnnz”? This isn’t funny. The man needs help. Hopefully, he’ll get it in a prison hospital. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/25/2265661/-How-deep-is-the-dumb-Trump-talks-border-security-in-front-of-a-section-of-Obama-built-border-wall?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/