Republican Operatives Are Tenacious as Messaging–And Truth Has No Bearing on It

Consider the meme here, and then remember that the nine of the ten poorest states in the U.S. (Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virgina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and South Carolina) are all bright red.

How do they get away with stupidity like this?

Well, there’s the bottom of the state rankings for education:

• 46. Mississippi
• 47. Kentucky
• 48. Louisiana
• 49. Arkansas
• 50. West Virginia

Do you see any correlation?