Steve SchmidtVerified account

Lie and Liar. These words have a plain and simple meaning in the English language. Media organizations should use them in describing the mendacity of this administration. Sarah Sanders is America’s second most prolific public liar falling behind only her repugnant liar-in Chief.

Ok, but honestly Steve, wouldn’t you have fought intensely if I had written that something you or McCain said in 08 was a lie? Or if I wrote you were a liar? not comparing the # of lies. But just saying you would have challenged a journalist’s standing to make that call. No?

We are not talking about misstatements or good faith errors here. We are not talking about spin or tap dancing onthe north lawn of the WH which both Dan and I have done. We are talking about the non stop deliberate lying that is the hallmark of this unprecedentedly mendacious 1.

Administration. Trumps lies are lies of authority. They are the lies of an autocrat and his factotum that require submission and obedience to the leaders alternate reality. It’s straight out of 1984 where Winston is forced by the party to say four fingers are three. Truth is 2.