On Friday, Donald Trump will place his left hand on a Bible, raise his right hand in the air, and, repeating after U.S. Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts, take the oath of the highest office in the land.
Seriously, folks, we’re supposed to be the virtuous country that honors the truth. But Trump’s ushered in a golden age of lying—we’ve come a long way from George Washington and his cherry tree.
But generally, they try to stay away from bold-faced lies, preferring to dodge the truth with spin and disinformation and concealment. After all, Mayor Rahm once responded to a FOIA request with a blank piece of paper.
And he says he never told supporters to kick the crap out of protesters at one of his rallies, even though the footage of him saying that is on the Internet for everyone to see.
In the end, Charlie’s wife’s so broken down she offers to make him breakfast.
OK, let’s pause to break down the truthfulness of these tweets.
mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
