CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 28, 2026
PARDON ME FOR QUOTING MYSELF, BUT AS I WROTE IN MY COLUMN YESTERDAY, VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING WE SEE – FROM WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN MINNESOTA, TO THE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN POLICY – IS ABOUT A NARRATIVE.
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. THE MEDIA AND THEIR DEMOCRAT ALLIES BEGIN WITH THE WORLDVIEW THAT EVERYTHING PRESIDENT TRUMP, REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE AND DO IS WRONG. NEXT, THEY ISOLATE OR MAKEUP CERTAIN STORIES TO CREATE A NARRATIVE THAT MOST BENEFITS THEIR IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL GOALS. IGNORING ALL ELSE, THEY RUN WITH THIS NARRATIVE, HOPING TO SWAY VOTERS TO THEIR POINT OF VIEW. POLLS FOLLOW WHICH SHOW THEIR BIASED NARRATIVE IS WORKING. THE POLLS ARE OFTEN FLAWED BECAUSE OF SAMPLING ERRORS, SUCH AS WEIGHING THEM IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRATS AND ASKING QUESTIONS IN WAYS THAT PRODUCE THE DESIRED ANSWERS.
I’VE SEEN OVER MANY YEARS HOW THESE NARRATIVES DEVELOP. TOO BAD SO MANY PEOPLE FALL FOR THEM. THEY ARE WHAT HAS COME TO BE CALLED “LOW INFORMATION VOTERS,” WHO BASE THEIR OPINIONS ON THESE NARRATIVES AND FEELINGS RATHER THAN HARD FACTS. NOW YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN’T ALREADY. I’M CAL THOMAS.
