perhaps the greatest casualty of the Donald Trump administration is the truth. The President and the courtiers who encircle him traffic, intentionally and carelessly, in falsehoods, misinformation, and lies. Consider just the last 7 days. On Venezuela, they lied when they said it was about drugs. It never was. It was about oil. Witness the January and December Presidential pardons of the two biggest narcotraffickers. Whether it was the repeated murder of unidentified people in small boats or last Saturday's extraordinary capture of Maduro, they lied, saying they would not attack Venezuela before going to Congress. On this week's fifth anniversary of January 6, the President continues his dangerous lies, supported by the Speaker of the House. The White House is going so far as an attempt to whitewash history on the official website of the White House, even blaming Capitol Police for the President's deadly insurrection. Now, on the deadly ICE shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis, they are grotesquely lying and misidentifying a woman they did not know, even before her family could identify her body. Mr. Speaker, we are better than this. America is better than this craven crowd.
On the recordJanuary 9, 2026
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Addressing the impact of misinformation during the Trump administration.
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