Politics is dirty business, it is safe to assume that all politicians do whatever they can to be as powerful as they can be. But us? The people on the ground? We should not act like their viruses, we should look for facts because the physical world ultimately is all we have.
On a factual note though, it's better to name things correctly. Better for all of us. Naming things correctly allows us to identify problems and work on them, as opposed to righteously scream at figments of imagination while our livelihood is being swept from under our feet!