Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20210522:23:51:00
A lie told for a political purpose. it's so outrageous, so bizarre it's hard for people to resist. they believe it precisely because it is so shocking, buzz it's difficult to imagine anyone would lie in this shameless fashion about important political matters. and so supporting the big lie often becomes a litmus test for loyalty of a party or movement. the term like you said was actually coined by none other than adolph hitler in the 1820s. he criticized the german jews for deploying what he called the big lie. the german army was defeated in world war i but that's not what the far right wante...