Rachel Maddow Shows What's Really Behind Trump's Troops In DC Action

Rachel Maddow showed that Trump's deployment of troops in DC isn't about crime, but is really about the president's desire to use the military against the American people.

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One of the useful elements of cable news networks putting the real crime statistics up while Donald Trump lied about the emergency of crime in the nation’s capitol is that it highlighted the disconnect between reality and the words that were coming out of Trump’s mouth.

When you watch the video, your eyes show the real statistics, while your ears hear Trump’s lies.

The President Of The United States doesn’t want the American people to believe their own eyes.

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Rachel Maddow talked about what we know from observation versus what Trump is saying:

Maybe it's not about crime? Maybe it's not about defending the federal government from threats. Right. Maybe it's not about that. Maybe it's not about crime. Maybe it's not about any other thing he might voice.

Maybe it's …