History may yet judge Joe Biden’s presidency as transformational
He has cause to boast—but time, along with the Republican House, is working against him
During Donald Trump’s presidency, the Washington Post kept a running tally of his lies, ultimately counting 30,573 “false or misleading claims” in four years. It has kept up that work under President Joe Biden, finding he lies with less abandon but on occasion with comparable shamelessness.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Man out of time”
United States February 11th 2023
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