Nowhere was the sentiment that people believe what they want to believe, even when it is clearly wrong, more evident than in a recent exchange aired on CNN.
The anchor, Alisyn Camerota, was literally smacking her palm against her face while speaking with several Trump supporters in an interview that aired on Thursday.
Welcome to the age of cognitive dissonance in politics.
"Voting is a privilege in this country and you need to be legal, not like California where three million illegals voted," Trump supporter Paula Johnson told anchor Ms Camerota.
This claim is false, but when she was questioned by Ms Camerota: "Where are you getting your information?", she replied: "From the media ... some of it was CNN."
Paula and another Trump supporter on the panel, Susan DeLemus, then claimed that this was the case in California because President Obama told illegal migrants they were allowed vote in the election. Also not true.
"Google it ... you can find it on Facebook," claimed Johnson.
"The president told people they can vote and it happened in Nashua," Johnson stated without offering any actual evidence. "They went into Nashua and said, 'The president said I can vote, I'm here illegally'".
This has already been debunked by New Hampshire's own who has stated: "No evidence of voter fraud" has been discovered in the state.
