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Bernie Sanders
You say that like you aren't aware that Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump isn't a pathological liar who lies at 100x the rate of the others.
Trump's ghostwriter for 'Art of the Deal' who spent 18 months side by side with Trump and listened in on all his phone calls: Lying is second nature to him. He lied strategically. He had a complete lack of conscience about it
Donald Trump phone recording: Trump says his name is "John Miller" in order to brag about himself
According to POLITICO’s five-day analysis, Trump averaged one falsehood every 3 minutes and 15 seconds over nearly five hours of remarks.
Fact Checker: Trump makes Four-Pinocchio statements over and over again, even though fact checkers have demonstrated them to be false.
A fact checker looked into 158 things Donald Trump said. 78 percent were false
The Huffington Post once chronicled 71 inaccuracies in an hourlong Trump town hall session, more than one a minute...Trump is a world champion who is pathological in his dishonesty
Presidential historians say Donald Trump is the most falsehood-prone candidate in the two centuries of the republic.
Trump: If I decide to run for office, I’ll produce my tax returns, absolutely.
Bernie Sanders: The truth is, if you look at Donald Trump’s record, what you find is this guy is a pathological liar, I’m not talking about a little lie there, or stretching the truth there. I am talking about him coming up with things in his head that do not exist. There are psychological definitions there.
Ted Cruz: [Trump] is a pathological liar...He lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth
Mitt Romney: Dishonesty is Trump's hallmark...Here's what I know. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He's playing the American public for suckers
Rubio: Trump is a fraud and con artist
Ted Cruz's wife: You probably know by now that most of the things that Donald Trump says have no basis in reality
Bernie Sanders: As is the case virtually every day, Donald Trump is showing the American people that he is a pathological liar.
Politico Analysis: Trump Averages 'One Misstatement Every 5 Minutes'
How distorted are you that you took my statement as "pro trump". Is he not a politician? Yes, so therefore he is out of touch as well. The people that rule you have no idea what it's like to be an average american. they are ALL OUT OF TOUCH and the fact that you defend any of them shows you are as well.
Nothing in their post indicates that they think you are a trump supporter. They made it pretty clear that they are pointing out that trump is 100x worse.
and why would they do that in response to my comment that nothing to do with an specific person or even side?
They made it pretty clear:
And I agree with them: your post was ridiculous "muh both sides" nonsense. We can shit on politicians for being out of touch, and we can make a case probably for any of them. But almost universally they pale in comparison to Trump. It's like if one person committed fraud by lying to someone and robbed them of millions of dollars, and another told a white lie to their kid to get them go to bed on time. You're basically saying "well, these people are the same because they both are liars!" It's just simply not accurate, and it's what they were pointing out.
There is no "both sides" when it comes to Trump. The guy has proven himself to be ridiculously dangerous, not just your run-of-the-mill out of touch politician.
you people made my post about trump. im not defending him. i'm saying they are all bad. not sides. not one or the other. all. i never even mentioned him.
The post is about trump. You jumped in to defend trump by implicitly claiming all politicians are out of touch. The other poster accurately pointed out that they are not even remotely equivalent. And yes you did mention him, explicitly.
To get all bent out of shape that people are talking about trump makes no sense.