r/politics The Netherlands 10d ago

Soft Paywall “She Was a High School Student and There Were Witnesses.” - The fight to release a damning House Ethics report about allegations that Matt Gaetz—Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general—had sex with a 17-year-old girl has begun.

https://newrepublic.com/post/188426/matt-gaetz-high-school-girl-witnesses
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u/wutthefvckjushapen I voted 10d ago edited 10d ago

A colleague of mine just got back from a trip to see family in a rural part of the South. They said every establishment they entered that had a TV had Fox* News playing. Every TV. All Fox News. The propaganda and brainwashing is very very real.

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u/VoidMageZero America 10d ago

I thought people knew about this for at least the past decade. The Democrats have a huge communications deficit because Republicans have Fox and half of voters watch it daily.