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applegrove

(129,523 posts) Wed Nov 26, 2025, 08:31 AM Nov 26

Classic Gaslighting 101 from the GOP. I'm sick of it.

Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@hcrichardson.bsky.social) 2025-11-26T07:07:07.631Z

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Classic Gaslighting 101 from the GOP. I'm sick of it. (Original Post) applegrove Nov 26 OP

Weren't there actually fewer items as well? Blues Heron Nov 26 #1

Trump's billionaire cabinet members can start wearing knockoff Armani suits and Gucci loafers. sop Nov 26 #2

It was bundle that Walmart thought they could sell. fargone Nov 26 #3

Blues Heron

(8,131 posts)

1. Weren't there actually fewer items as well?

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Wed Nov 26, 2025, 08:52 AM

Nov 26

sop

(17,084 posts)

2. Trump's billionaire cabinet members can start wearing knockoff Armani suits and Gucci loafers.

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Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:09 AM

Nov 26

fargone

(531 posts)

3. It was bundle that Walmart thought they could sell.

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Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:47 PM

Nov 26

It was never intended to be a comparison to last year but Repubs tried to make it such, thus the gaslighting. There were fewer items this year but only a couple were brand changes.

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