“make your reps worry they’ll lose the one thing they care about [power] and never be gainfully employed again”

the leaders of the civil rights era could not propose or veto legislation. they had no "power." but they had legitimacy because they were out there. Letter from a Birmingham Jail was written...FROM JAIL. But with these guys "Hey it's crazy right now and we can't do much, but give us money." LOL ok.

Trump: I invented water
Media: Trump, Inventor of Water, Sits for Wide-Ranging Interview

“I want to be America’s news anchor. You know, an anchor - that thing that ships use to make sure they can constantly keep moving around the ocean?”

Obviously everything from vaccines to whether the earth is round is “hotly disputed” if you’re weighting disputes from people who are wrong or lying