Republican Lies category archive

Writing at The Charlotte Observer, Esther Alejandra Sierra, a legal immigrant working in health care, reports that the hatred and bile towards immigrants being spread by Donald Trump and J. D. Vance is spreading. Here’s a bit from her article:

When extreme politicians at the federal and state levels make baseless accusations blaming immigrants for rising crime rates and our country’s problems, it’s not just deeply offensive and disrespectful, but it creates a hostile atmosphere in my community. This fear-mongering spreads unnecessary mistrust among our friends and neighbors and should be strongly denounced.

Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article292728654.html#storylink=cpy

At the Portland Press-Herald, David B. Offer hears a rhyme. Here’s the first line of the couplet:

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the first Hmong refugees began arriving in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I was then managing editor of the La Crosse Tribune. We reported on these new Asian residents, who were sponsored by local churches. That reporting included dealing with rumors that Hmong were stealing and eating people’s dogs and cats. We reported that there was no proof of those claims. They were unfounded, baseless assertions. Fortunately, no respected leaders – certainly no one running for president or vice president – repeated these lies.

Follow the link for the rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin debunks de bunk. A snippet; follow the link for context.

And you can probably say the same about the slightly more complicated situation in Aurora (Colorado–ed.). If you watched the debate, or just saw the clips, you already know that Trump, citing Aurora by name, says migrants “are taking over the towns, they are taking over buildings, they are going in violently. These are the people (Kamala Harris) and Biden have been letting into our country. And they’re destroying our country.”

(snip)

Whether the apartment buildings in question — housing mostly Central American migrants — are dilapidated and run down and have been cited over the years for a long list of code violations is not up for debate. It’s true. Rep. Jason Crow, who represents Aurora in Congress, called the conditions “squalid” in a tweet while saying the gang issues are “grossly exaggerated.”

And also not up for debate is whether Aurora is a war zone or a migrant wasteland. That’s simply false.

Aside:

Methinks the reason Republicans lie so much about so many things is that truth is not on their side.

The parents of Aiden Clark have had enough of Republicans’ politicizing the death of their son. Aiden died in a traffic accident involving a Haitian immigrant in Springfield, Ohio.

Here’s bit from Aiden’s father’s statement before the Springfield City Commission:

We have to get up here and beg them to stop. Using Aiden as a political tool is, to say the least, reprehensible for any political purpose. And speaking of morally bankrupt…politicians Bernie Marino, Chip Roy, JD Vance and Donald Trump then spoke in my son’s name and used his death for political gain. This needs to stop now.

They can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants. The border crisis, and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However, they are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed, to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio. I will listen to them one more time to hear their apologies.

Follow the link for the video and more background.