Biden Will Lie to You
All presidents do.
by Adam Serwer
Jan 26, 2021
3 minutes
All presidents lie. Even so, the Trump administration weaponized dishonesty to a remarkable degree.
Donald Trump did not merely lie to exaggerate his accomplishments, or smear his opponents. For Trump and the Republican Party, lies were a loyalty test. To reject Trump’s lies or exaggerations, even if they contradicted prior assertions by the now-ex-president, was to express disloyalty, the only Trump-era sin that was unforgivable by his faithful. This allowed the president to fashion for.
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