If truth and facts are no longer required from the President of this country, are they no longer matter from everyday citizens?
Does it matter if you ask your doctor how many times he or she has performed a surgery that you need and they lie to you? Does it matter that the truck driver moving a heavy load down a busy interstate lied about his or her heavy equipment work experience? Does it matter than an engineer designing bridges that we all use, tell the truth about his or her skills to his employer? Who wants to buy a house or a building constructed by someone who lies about their knowledge or ability? Does it matter if the inspectors who are supposed to ensure the safety of our food and drug supplies tell the truth? Does it matter if judges in legal cases base ruling on truth?
Where does this end? It's easy to say that lies about things like crowd sizes, or the number of illegal voters or payments to porn stars don't matter and that these are just the presidential equivalent of little white lies. But are they? If truth and facts no longer matter, where is this leading us?
Will we know that our soldiers, our sons and daughters, who give their lives for this country are doing so based on the truth and facts from the commander-in-chief?
Voting for politicians that lie to us is a recipe for disaster. Truth and facts are essential to our very survival.
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