It used to be when the economy shrank for 2 quarters it was called a recession but now that Biden’s responsible for it the definition has changed. It also used to be that an adult female was a woman but that definition too has changed. In their continuing effort to pervert the language, liberals are demanding that we stop calling the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home a “raid” because it sounds bad.
Here’s former Kamala Harris and current MSNBC clown Symone Sanders:
Please folks stop calling it a “raid.”
— Symone D. Sanders-Townsend (@SymoneDSanders) August 9, 2022
Fellow MSNBC fake newser Kerry Sanders (no relation) agreed saying, “Already the former president has called it a raid. And the veteran FBI officials telling us it’s more of a simple search, which is something they do routinely.”
Plus NAACP lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill:
Why are headlines still saying today “Trump Says FBI Raided His Home”? It’s not a rumor. It actually happened and Trump’s characterization is irrelevant. Why isn’t it:
“Federal Officers Search Home of Former President”.
Subtitle “Warrant issued for Classified Documents”. ? https://t.co/X6UtTGmiJ6— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) August 9, 2022
And here’s Washington Post and NBC contributor Terry Kanefield with an enlightening thread on why it’s wrong to call the raid a raid:
People have to stop calling it a “raid.”
It was a lawful search pursuant to a warrant.
Don’t let Trump and pals frame the messaging.
— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 9, 2022
Someone said the alternative to “raid” also needs to be short and snappy.
I think the phrase needs to suggest due process of law to counter the right-wing narrative that Trump’s home was “under siege” and “occupied.”
Okaaaay. Fiiiine. I’ll go with “search.”
— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 9, 2022
Also, the main point: “search” is accurate and “raid” is not.
— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 9, 2022
The connotations of “raid” suggest what Trump wants to suggest:
🔹a siege
🔹his home was “occupied”
🔹law enforcement harassing himReally, the officers were allowed in, they looked for stuff, retrieved what they were looking for, and left.
— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 9, 2022
Trump had that press release ready. News sources are quoting it and using his phrases.
This is what Trump does well: Shapes a media narrative.
— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 9, 2022
She’s literally trying to get people to stop calling a raid a raid but yeah, it’s totally Trump trying shape the media narrative.
One of the definitions of a raid is “a sudden invasion by officers of the law.” The FBI didn’t tell Trump they were coming and when they showed up they had guns and armored vehicles. It certainly sounds like a raid to me.
But hey, if lefties are going to get their panties in a bunch over this, I’d be willing to call it a “preemptive coup” an “attempted political assassination” or “election interference” if they like. The only point of this FBI armed incursion is to keep Trump from being able to run for president in 2024, so any of my alternate definitions are accurate.
