It’s Your Word Against His

The VP debate, one week ago, had a moment when the CBS moderators chose to do what they initially pledged not to do: fact-check either candidate. J.D. Vance took exception when they called him out on the Haitian immigrant lie that they were ‘illegal’. That’s how politicians hope to get away with viewpoints that aren’t entirely truthful. Supposedly, the other candidate is meant to do the fact-checking, instead.

Let’s face it: in the middle of a debate, who has time to constantly argue against the other person’s words? Trump in his debate with Kamala Harris was later accused of lying 30 times!

It’s so insidious: lies have a way of catching the perpetrator out, in the end, but the damage has already been done. Springfield, Ohio, will never be the same again.

Sure they are.