Speaking to MSNBC on Saturday, Davram Stiefler and Jason Selvig explained that the lies so frequently believed by Trump supporters are often so easily disproven, but they continue to believe the lies, even after acknowledging the truth. The comments from the men are verified by scientific studies as well, which showed that supporters of the former president’s are more likely to believe fake news.
One of the conversations he had was over the lie that high school kids are demanding litter boxes in the bathrooms because they are identifying as cats. It was made up by radio host Joe Rogan, which he confessed on his show just before the 2022 midterm election. Still, however, it was believed to such a degree by people in New Hampshire that even Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc told his supporters that parents and students had come up to him at events and told him about it. The story was never true and Bolduc ultimately went down in flames on election night.
But it was a conversation that Selvig had with one man over the Second Amendment that proved to be the most curious. According to the man, there are more people each year killed by hammers than guns. Selvig questioned it asking if the man was certain about the statistic. The man swore.
“Look it up. You can Google it,” the man said. So, Selvig did.
“So, the number of murder victims and weapons used. So, number one, handguns, 8,029. Number two: firearms, type not stated, 4863. Number three: knives or cutting instruments, personal weapons, face, feet. Then rifles that is at 455. And blunt objects, clubs, hammers, 393. So, the 300 hammers, that stat is wrong?”