Right Wing Myth-Busting
It's always a struggle for us to decide whether to laugh or to cry when listening to what passes as political dialogue from the Republicans these days. Admittedly, most of the lies and distortions originate from people who like to identify themselves as members of the Tea Party wing of the GOP and/or as hard-core Trump Republicans. But the sad part is that so many Republican party regulars are afraid to stand up to these bullies and to the few big money donors who back them. That and the fact that so many other Americans have been fooled into believing the far right's lies.
This column is dedicated to setting you straight on some of their dubious claims. Just click on the links below to find out where some of these myths originated and what the truth really is.
Feel free to forward stories that you hear and that you have doubts about. We'll research them as we have the time and add them to our list. In the mean time, you can check out Snopes.com or FactCheck.org - both of these sites do a pretty good job giving you the straight story.
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![]() - The Vaccine Does Not Work |
![]() - The Vaccines Use New Technology and Have Not Been Tested Enough
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![]() - Thousands Have Died from the Vaccine
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![]() - The Vaccine Contains a Microchip
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![]() - Biden Wants to Defund the Police |
![]() - Harris is Ineligible to Serve as Vice President
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![]() - Biden Had a Birthday Party in 2020 Without Masks
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![]() - Harris Said She Would Sign an Executive Order to Confiscate Guns
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![]() - Biden Will Limit Americans' Beef Consumption
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![]() - Harris' Book for Kids' Was Being Given to Immigrant Children at the Border
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![]() - Is Social Security Going Broke? |
![]() - Is Social Security Impacting the Federal Budget Deficit?
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![]() - Are There Death Panels in the ACA? |
![]() - Does the ACA Provide Insurance to Illegal Immigrants?
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![]() - Does the ACA Require that a Microchip be Implanted in Everyone?
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![]() - Are Medicare Benefits Being Cut by $716b to Pay for the ACA?
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![]() - Will the ACA Cost the U.S. 2.4 Million Jobs?
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![]() - Was there a Cover-Up of the Events that Occurred in Benghazi? |
![]() - Could US Officials have Done More to Save the 4 Americans Killed?
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![]() - Was there a 'Stand-Down' Order Given?
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![]() - Was there Intimidation of Witnesses by Superiors?
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![]() - Was the CIA Covertly Shipping Arms from Libya to Syria?
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![]() - Was Trump Tower Wiretapped by the Obama Administration? |
![]() - Did Thousands of NJ Arab-Americans Celebrate 9/11?
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![]() - Is Trump Responsible for the "Veterans Choice" Health Care Program?
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![]() - Was Trump's 2016 Election a Landslide and the Biggest Since Reagan?
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![]() - Is Trump Right About US Nuclear Capabilities?
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![]() - Is Ford's Louisville Plant Still Open Because of Trump?
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![]() - Is There Massive Voter Fraud in the U.S.?
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![]() - Is the Real Unemployment Rate Not 5%, But 42%...or 23%?
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