Definitions
1. A verifiable truth, empirical fact, or phenomenon that inconveniently contradicts the Trump Administration’s or MAGAverse’s preferred narrative, worldview, or financial well-being.
2. A label applied reflexively to anything that threatens ego, indicts allies, or requires reading. Often used to dismiss a story before the incriminating parts come out.
3. A rite of preemptive denial, usually in all caps.
Examples:1
The Epstein Files: “A Democrat hoax. But go ahead, release them! We have nothing to hide now that Pam has destroyed all references to me.”
Climate Change: “The greatest con job ever perpetrated. Con job, isn’t that what Jeffrey used to…I mean, HOAX!!!”
The Moon Landing: “Total hoax. NASA. More like NEVER-HAPPENED-SA. Staged in Georgia, a state everyone knows we won in 2020.”
Labor Statistics: “RIGGED, in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”
Russia’s 2016 Election Interference: “The hoax continues, especially Putin’s ability to keep making me believe him.”
2020…
