Battling the Big Lie Quotes

“The battle over government is not about the size of government, but the role of government. Republicans want the government to serve as a bulwark against the growing political and economic power of a diversifying America they view as an existential threat to their primarily white, Christian base. The Republican narrative depends on reinforcing lies and fear of the government.”
― Dan Pfeiffer, Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America

“American history is littered with overly saccharine quotes about the role of the press, but this quote from Franklin Delano Roosevelt is worth repeating, because it explains why the republicans spend so much time waging war against the press: “Freedom of consciousness, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom if the press ever be successfully challenged.”
― Dan Pfeiffer, Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America

“The fact that McCain's "Straight Talk Express" campaign was only two presidential campaigns removed from Donald Trump's "the press is the enemy of the people" rhetoric speaks to how quickly things changed.”
― Dan Pfeiffer, Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America

“Voters-- Republicans, Democrats, and Independents-- passed judgement on the candidates based on the same information delivered from the same sources. While American always was-- as it has always been-- quite divided, that division existed as a disagreement over a shared set of facts and a mutual understanding of the challenges.”
― Dan Pfeiffer, Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America