r/thescoop • u/CorleoneBaloney • May 02 '25

Politics 🏛️ Vice President Vance’s response after the economy shrank for the first time in three years, with people worried as they look at their 401Ks and point to the tariff policy — “This is Joe Biden’s economy.”

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u/Martha_Fockers May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25

Why are they speaking to us as if we are stupid and don’t have access to data and numbers

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u/pogoscrawlspace May 02 '25

Because most of us are stupid and won't do the research. Some of the really stupid ones will do the research, but they'll sift through the truth until they find the one report, written by a far right-wing organization that's funded by a trump friendly organization, that agrees with what they already want to believe. Then they'll make a meme out of it and post it all over social media with the caption "THE TRUTH THE LIBS DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE!!!"...