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Truth. the caravans,, the coverage, the hysteria, disappeared literally the day after the election. >> quickly on that, i still remember, i think it was 2017 it might have been 2018, it all blends together for me in that period of time, donald trump gave a speech to the veterans of foreign wars to which he said, your quote maybe you think of it, something like, i am paraphrasing, but do not believe what you see, do not believe what you hear, only believe what i tell you. if you do not have a bet...

Donald trump for our recent book he sat there, he looked us in the eye, and i expected him to say a rigged election, which he did, but i was struck by this comment in particular as a example of gaslighting. he said, you know, the real insurrection of the capital was not on january six, it was on november 3rd 2020. that was an insurrection, and january 6th was just a protest. that to me is like taking the law about the election and putting a spin on it and saying no, actually, this other thing is...

Gaslighting. this was the moment that really captures it? smart man who said -- >> thank you so much laura the. i went with a really obvious one, but donald trump and the 2020 election. he continues, and i am on his email list, i do not know how i got on, it but im on his email list. repeatedly, every day, he sends things out still, as a candidate from the 2024 race, he sends things out about how the election was stolen. not just the 2020 election, now hes on to maricopa county in arizona. the t...

On that. so i went a little obvious, but to me, it is one that just jumped out. >> i think it is good one. one of the ones i thought was after charlottesville when he said good people on both sides and there are lots of people who tried to defend that position, and it does make you think, going to the less obvious, racism and sexism in general is a form of gaslighting. think about when you are watching a movie from the 70s talking about the women as the weaker sacks and emotional. we were gaslit...

I mean i was not alive when the movie when the gaslighting movie came out. >> no one would think you are alive then. >> smart man. but i remember watching this movie and thinking about the promise, and of course when angela lansbury passed away, and remember thinking about her role in this. this idea, this being the top word, i had to go back because i had to say that, here it is, a scene from it, a part of me was surprised that this is the first time it has been the most used. i went back and f...

Criticizing former president trump for having dinner at mar-a-lago with nick fuentes, a white nationalist and holocaust denier. interesting given that a whole lot of members of the foreign presidents party have been reluctant over the last few years to call out many of his misdeeds and, here is a phrase for you, constant gaslighting. now that word that i just said, gaslighting, coincidently merriam-webster has chosen that word as its word of the year for 2022. defining it as, quote, the act or p...

Is you add a level of gravitas and credibility because it is coming from the person we call the leader of the free world. >> he took it to a whole new art form, because if you think about it it was post-2016 that we are talking about gaslighting. talking about not just lying, but the fact that, yes he, was telling people what im going to tell you on my twitter feed is the real truth. remember, he would see that he would tweet something, but he would always say no that is the thing to watch for. ...