CNN Commentator Reminds Us All: We Live In A Post-Truth Society Now
On yet another of CNN's interminable panels pitting liberals against conservatives this morning, Angela Rye dropped a truth bomb on the table just as former RNC director Doug Heye was working really hard to spin the Kentucky Ford plant lie Donald Trump tweeted last night.
When Ford made their announcement about how they were going to retool their Michigan plant for SUVs and move manufacture of the Ford Escape to Mexico, I wrote about it. At the time, I noted that UAW had been involved in the negotiations to keep the larger, more profitable vehicle production in the United States while moving the less profitable division to Mexico. It was no secret.
But Doug Heye actually tried to make it one in order to spin away from the clear reality that Donald Trump lied about having anything to do with saving auto manufacturing jobs.
"Now the Lincoln MKZ will be made [in Kentucky]," Hey crowed. That is a small victory. [Trump]'s not taking credit for the victory, per se, he's saying the President of Ford called him to say we are happy to work with you in a future administration at keeping jobs here."
Which is, of course, a formality many large corporations exercise when a new President is about to take office. I'm sure President Obama received similar telephone calls.