The glaring difference between Mr. Trump and his predecessors is the sheer magnitude of falsehoods and exaggerations; PolitiFact rates just 20 percent of the statements it reviewed as true, and a total of 69 percent either mostly false, false or “Pants on Fire.”
Trump, historians and consultants in both political parties agree, appears to have taken“the conflict between truth and politics” to an entirely new level.
“What’s different today and what’s scarier today is these lies are pointed out, and there’s evidence that they’re wrong,” she said. “And yet because of the attacks on the media, there are a percentage of people in the country who are willing to say, ‘Maybe he is telling the truth.’”
CONS ON THIS BOARD ARE ALL THE PROOF YOU NEED OF THAT!
Trump, historians and consultants in both political parties agree, appears to have taken“the conflict between truth and politics” to an entirely new level.
“What’s different today and what’s scarier today is these lies are pointed out, and there’s evidence that they’re wrong,” she said. “And yet because of the attacks on the media, there are a percentage of people in the country who are willing to say, ‘Maybe he is telling the truth.’”
CONS ON THIS BOARD ARE ALL THE PROOF YOU NEED OF THAT!