On Friday, October 11, 2024, Trump unveiled his plans to “rescue” a Colorado city from the grip of foreign criminal gangs. Dubbed “Operation Aurora,” it entails sending in “elite squads of ICE, Border Patrol and federal law enforcement officers to arrest and deport ever[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Political lie’
Is Tim Walz a liar?
J. D. Vance (image at left), Trump’s 2024 running mate, is a prodigious liar. The most egregious of Vance’s lies is “telling stories” about Haitian immigrants that are untrue, racist, and caused bomb threats and school closures. But Vance also drastically flip-flopped on Trum[...]
September 8th, 2024 - 9:54 pm § in Politics
Why do people who don’t fall for scams believe political lies?
Most people are pretty sensible in their everyday affairs, and don’t fall for common scams, yet a surprising number believe lying politicians without question. PolitiFact is a website (here) that fact-checks political claims. Here’s a sampling of their fact-checks from September 8, 2024[...]
June 1st, 2024 - 1:37 am § in Republicans
Why do Republicans lie so much?
To make themselves look better than they are, but they’re often so clumsy they quickly get caught. This is just one example. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]