If you argue that fact-checking websites like PolitiFact should not be the final arbiter of what is true because they fact-check Republicans way more than Democrats, the response you are likely to get is because they deserve it. However, a Thursday article on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer undermines that point because the article makes it clear that Schumer was wrong to blame the Trump Administration for a recent maritime accident, but PolitiFact refused to give Schumer a false label.
The background for Schumer’s claim was a Mexican naval training sailing ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a global goodwill tour. Maria Ramirez Uribe cites Schumer’s response:
‘I’m fighting for answers about whether Trump and DOGE have impacted water traffic control,’ Schumer posted May 18 on X. DOGE is a reference to the Department of…
