We’re now at the point where the president of the United States is lying 32 times a day on average.
Cynics love to toss out the idea that all politicians lie. But with Trump, it is more than just the sheer volume that puts him in a different league. The Washington Post fact-checkers have been tracking what they call “Bottomless Pinoccios” which are the ones Trump has told more than 20 times. In other words, after getting called out on the lie, the president goes on to repeat it more than 20 times, demonstrating a total disregard for the truth. While the list now has over 30 entries, the ones related to Trump’s impeachment are starting to pile up.
Besides the claim about the whistleblower, the two other claims on the Bottomless Pinocchio list are that Biden forced the resignation of a Ukrainian prosecutor because he was investigating his son Hunter and that Hunter Biden scored $1.5 billion in China after hitching a ride on Air Force Two with his father.
Congressional Republicans are, at minimum, condoning, if not parroting, these Trump lies. Until one or more of them stands up to speak the truth, they are all complicit. That’s why no one should be crying any crocodile tears about a so-called “partisan” impeachment. This level of lying should be an impeachable offense.