Can’t really have it both ways.

  • They can have both. It might not be logically consistent, but it gets them what they want.

    The unfortunate reality is that many people – especially on the right – consider things like lying, manipulation and hypocrisy to be a trivial cost to get what they want. You can catch them at it 100 times but as long as it works, they won’t even change their lie, let alone their views.