There’s an old joke that is often bandied about in political discussions, a joke that has to do with honesty, or the lack thereof, among politicians. The first two names rarely vary, but the last does, for obvious reasons, and we’re due for another revision. The updated gag would run:
George Washington couldn’t tell a lie. Richard Nixon couldn’t tell the truth. Kamala Harris can’t tell the difference.
Whether Kamala Harris can tell the difference or not, she has a long history of lying, dating back to at least the first time she ran for president. Chronicles Magazine’s
Five years ago, Kamala Harris, then a candidate for president, kept the firehose [of misinformation following the death of Michael Brown] flowing with a tweet intended to boost her campaign.
“Michael Brown’s murder,” she wrote, “forever changed…
