Saturday, Jan. 21, was only the first full day of President Donald Trump's administration and already we have "alternate facts." That's how counselor Kellyanne Conway described the obvious misstatements by new Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who claimed the inauguration crowd was the "largest ever" despite widely distributed photos showing the opposite.
Let's hope that's not going to be the new norm for President Trump's minions. That could mean altered government statistics as Trump tries to continue building an alternate reality favorable to him just as he did during the presidential campaign.
Because the definition of "alternate facts" is simple: Lies.
If they're willing to lie about something as minor as crowd size, who knows what else they'll lie about? Maybe these:
"Everyone in the country now has a good-paying job and everyone's happy."
"President Trump did not say that!"
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ReplyDelete"President Trump did not say that!"
ReplyDeleteLies or dishonest photos that were actually taken early in the morning.
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