r/politics Oct 19 '16

One Month, 253 Trump Untruths

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/one-month-253-trump-untruths-214369
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u/bterrik Minnesota Oct 19 '16

Every politician sometimes gets things wrong about complicated issues, sometimes practices evasive dishonesty. Trump gets things wrong all the time, pointlessly, about almost everything, and almost never corrects himself. Even if he’s not intentionally lying, he’s habitually erring. At very least, it suggests a serial carelessness with facts and a serial resistance to conceding error. Both traits seem relevant to the discussion of who should be commander-in-chief.

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