And the Republicans who fail to expose his lies came under scathing criticism from Los Angeles Times columnist Mark Barabak Thursday. Politicians say things they hope will get them elected," wrote Barabak. "There is, however, an important qualitative difference between telling voters what they’d like to hear or dialing an issue up or down depending on the audience and knowingly, calculatedly telling a flat-out lie." That is what Republican loyalists to Trump are doing, wrote Barabak. Character, he added, is not just "doing the right thing when nobody's looking ... sometimes it’s doing the right thing when everyone is watching."

Source: Los Angeles Times July 27, 2023 18:07 UTC