Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This tweet:
We say: Republicans don’t control the White House or Senate, and for the first two years of Joe Biden’s term, not even the House, yet — per Hillary — they somehow control the Earth’s temps.
Yeah, we know: She’s trying to slam GOPers for voting against “clean energy investments.”
But, hello? Dems did pass those “investments,” handing out a sick $1.2 trillion in taxpayer-funded subsidies via the Inflation Reduction Act alone!
Guess what: It’s still hot!
Feeling fleeced? Thank a Democrat.
This headline:
“Why Kamala Harris Is A Better VP Than You Think”
— Politico, Wednesday
We say: Talk about inflated headlines!
The column below this one offers virtually no evidence that Harris is doing a “better job” than anyone thinks.
What it does offer is endless excuses: Harris has “a lot to do at once.”
She faces high expectations, lots of “pressure” and (natch!) “a ‘double bind’ of racism and sexism.”
Sorry, but the public can see for itself what a vapid, dishonest, ineffective No. 2 Harris has been.
This column:
“Democrats Learned From Their COVID Mistakes. Republicans Didn’t.”
— New York Magazine, Monday
We say: Nothing like twisting the facts to praise yourself and smear your enemy.
New York’s Jonathan Chait claims that when evidence showed kids better off in school during COVID, the “pro-closing side” — Democrats — “fled the field.”
By April 2021, teachers union boss Randi Weingarten “deemphasized the role her union had played in prolonging school closures,” and “by the start of the 2021 school year” — presumably, more than 1½ years after COVID erupted — “schools were open almost everywhere.”
The truth? Evidence that schools were safe emerged within months of the February 2020 outbreak, yet Weingarten & Co. fought to keep them closed even past September 2021.
Sure, she “deemphasized” her union’s role — but only to gaslight the public.
This claim:
“We ended cancer as we know it.”
— President Biden, Tuesday
We say: Kind folks give the prez the benefit of the doubt and blame this latest wacko boast on dementia. (One wag kidded that he’s now working to cure that, too.)
Yet is Biden’s diminished mental capacity also responsible for the countless other lies he’s told — about the economy, the border, inflation, Afghanistan, jobs, the deficit?
And never having discussed his son’s shady business dealings?
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board