Krugman writes: "Even Trump supporters don’t believe the party’s promises."
Economist Paul Krugman. (photo: Getty Images)
03 April 19
Even Trump supporters don’t believe the party’s promises.
here are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and Republican claims about health care.
O.K., it’s not news that politicians make misleading claims, some more than others. According to a running tally kept by Daniel Dale of The Toronto Star, as of Monday morning, Donald Trump had said 4,682 false things as president.
But G.O.P. health care claims are special, in several ways. First, they’re outright, clearly intentional lies — not dubious assertions or misstatements that could be attributed to ignorance or misunderstanding. Second, they’re repetitive: Rather than making a wide variety of false claims, Republicans keep telling the same few lies, over and over. Third, they keep doing this even though the public long ago stopped believing anything they say on the subject.
