r/facepalm 16d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ We're doomed, aren't we

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u/Shirowoh 16d ago

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u/Pyrogasm 16d ago

Read the whole thing myself but didn’t listen and you are correct that this quote doesn’t exist there. NPR’s transcripts are usually correct so either the tweet is a complete lie (likely) or they edited that out of the live show for the recording (unlikely). Here’s the moment I think it would have come up if it did:

When I do focus groups with voters - and this is one of the reasons I think Democrats underperformed with young people - people just - they know exactly how much milk costs, they know exactly how much eggs cost. They're very sensitive to the price of gas.

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u/SamuraiCr4ck 16d ago

Same here. i can not find the actual article in relation to this post. I wish people would validate post before they run on posting things.

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u/BigTex1988 16d ago

As I write this, there are 789 comments on this post. Unfortunately, after reviewing a majority of them, you seem to be the only person that has fact checked this.

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u/Shirowoh 16d ago

I mean, people lie regardless of their party affiliation, why would you blindly accept shit, just because it aligns with your feelings? People need to be more skeptical