I was confronted again yesterday by lies and fake truths. The Facebook post began This post is not open for debate, as if Moses had come down from the mountain with the stone tablets.
Spreading untruths distorts reality bringing people into a false understanding of history.
So despite the statement that the post was not open for debate, let me tear apart some of what I was confronted with yesterday. And yes, despite the question to the contrary, I did read the post.
The Claim:Trump is the first president that has not engaged us in a foreign war since Eisenhower.
The Truth:
Fact check: Trump joins Carter, Ford and Nixon among presidents without a new war
The Claim:
Trump has had the greatest impact on the economy, bringing jobs, and lowering unemployment to the Black and Latino population of ANY other president. Ever.
The Truth:
No, Trump hasn’t been the best president for Black America since Lincoln
The Claim:
Trump rebuilt our military which the Obama administration crippled and fired 214 key generals and admirals in his first year of office.
The Truth:
Trump’s False Military Equipment Claim
The Claim:
Trump turned our relationship with the Chinese around, brought hundreds of businesses back to the US, and revived the economy.
The Facts:
More pain than gain: How the US-China trade war hurt America
The Claim:
Biden has done nothing to improve anything in his 47-year political career.
The Facts:
List of Joe Biden’s Accomplishments
So, one-by-one each of the touted accomplishments devolve into lies. And then, as we witnessed on Wednesday, the president incited an insurrection and an attack on the Capitol. Five people died! This was the culmination of months of lies about the free and fair election which, as Mitch McConnell noted, was not even close.
And although the president said he was going to walk with the crowd to the Capitol, he in fact retreated to the White House to view and enjoy the lawlessness he created. He used those people and sent them to do his dirty work and in doing so the president again demonstrated contempt for the Constitution, the Congress, the rule of law, and "We the People." Yet, some continue to defend the indefensible and spread lies and untruths about his supposed greatness.
81 million people agreed. It is time for the Trump presidency to end as the framers of the Constitution intended--through a free and fair election. That is the key of democracy. The people get to decide--not lawyers, not politicians, not those in power.
So if I get emotional and excited when I continue to hear untruths spread by well-meaning, but uninformed people, forgive me. Yesterday I threatened to unfriend my Dad from Facebook--I own that statement and I made it. I will not, however, unfriend him. I need to stay on Facebook to educate the misled.
-- Bob Doan, Elkridge, MD
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