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What are some blatant lies politicians have said throughout history?


So what are some neat and obviously dumb lies someone in our government has told us? Hell, even George Washington probably lied way back when.

Trump is a narcissist, and those kind of people naturally lie, even to themselves. So there's one example.

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"If you're vaccinated, you won't get covid!"
-Joe Biden 2021

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"Everyone who wants a test can get a test!" Fat Donnie: 2020

(And that came true, but not when Fat Donnie was in The WH.)

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"I have a plan for covid"
-Joe Biden 2020

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"Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away." Dementia Donnie on 2-10-2020

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"Inflation is worse everywhere but here!"
-Joe Biden 2022

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"At the time I took office about 16 months ago, the economy had stalled and COVID was out of control."
-Joe Biden 2022

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“If you like your plan you can keep it”

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There is one that really sticks out for me....

" vote for John Kerry and people like Christopher Reeve will walk again"

Of course, John Edwards knew that was not true when he said it but it didn't matter at the time.

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Dementia Donnie on May 4 2017: “We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world.”

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Dementia Donnie, July 19, 2017 ; “ Harry Truman was first, and then we beat him. These are approved by Congress. These are not just executive orders.”

(Presidents Clinton, Carter, Truman, and F.D.R. each had signed more legislation than Trump at the same point in their terms.)

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