The debate debacle hosted by ABC News underscored why the conservative half of America is hostile to “fact-checkers.” Object to them, and the Left decrees it’s because you’re hostile to facts.
But what conservatives actually oppose is leftist argumentation that’s poorly disguised as nonpartisan and devoid of opinion.
“Fact-checking” is often an exercise in spin-spoiling. The most obvious example from the ABC debate was the Democrats’ position on abortion. It is, as plainly stated in the 2020 Democratic National Committee platform, for the woman’s “right to choose” without exception.
That is what congressional Democrats have pushed in legislation, to repeal every limitation states have imposed.
Donald Trump routinely turns to the 2019 comments of then-Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on the radio as he discussed a bill by state legislator Kathy…
