Dear John,

You’ve heard me mention already that there’s a new term catching on to describe how the mainstream media has normalized Donald Trump’s increasingly dangerous lies and extremism. We’re calling it: “sane-washing.”

In my previous message I gave a couple of examples, but I wanted to give you one more example. Get ready... It's a doozy. When asked recently how he would make child care more affordable, these were Trump’s exact words:

"Well, I would do that. And we’re sitting down. You know, I was somebody. We had Senator Marco Rubio. And my daughter, Ivanka, was so impactful on that issue. It’s a very important issue. I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I’m talking about, that -- because child care is child care. It’s -- couldn’t -- you know, it’s something -- you have to have it. In this country, you have to have it. But when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I’m talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they’re not used to, but they’ll get used to it very quickly. And it’s not going to stop them from doing business with us, but they’ll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. And those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we’re talking about, including child care, that it’s going to take care. We’re going to have -- I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time, coupled with the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country, because I have to stay with child care. I want to stay with child care. But those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I’m talking about, including growth, but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just told you about. We’re going to be taking in trillions of dollars, and as much as child care is talked about as being expensive, it’s, relatively speaking, not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in. We’re going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people, and then we’ll worry about the rest of the world. Let’s help other people. But we’re going to take care of our country first. This is about America first. It’s about make America great again. We have to do it, because right now we’re a failing nation. So we’ll take care of it. Thank you. Very good question."

Did you get all that? Now, guess what was the Associated Press headline about that meaningless tirade of blather?

I kid you not.

Enough is enough. This is not fair and balanced journalism. It’s election disinformation! Demand the networks, media, and press stop “sane-washing” Donald Trump by adding your name now!

Thank you for taking action today,

Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action