Politifact is doing their thing again!
Gone are the days of PolitiFact running cover for the Kamala Harris campaign like this:
In 2019, Kamala Harris spoke in favor of “mandatory” programs to buy back assault weapons. As vice president, Harris has focused on other gun measures. She has not called for confiscating guns broadly. https://t.co/kawUePDxG6
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 22, 2024
A Democrat can say repeatedly they support a particular policy, then run for office for a couple weeks, claim that's not what they believe anymore, and the "fact-checkers" will play right along.
Trump will take office next month, but PolitiFact's doing the Biden White House's spin until the very end.
It started when Biden said the following while people in North Carolina and elsewhere continue to struggle in the wake of devastating storms and flooding.
Biden-Harris just sent $1+ billion to Africa for disaster relief while this is happening HERE: pic.twitter.com/wdS3ptpX6Q
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 3, 2024
This is where PolitiFact again rides to Biden's rescue.
Brace yourselves:
Many conservatives complained when President Joe Biden pledged $1 billion to help displaced Africans, saying the money should go to Americans displaced by hurricanes. But funding for foreign aid and disaster relief aren't connected. https://t.co/EPfzxwfUHN
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) December 9, 2024
I'm pretty sure that assessment would have been quite different if the current occupant of the White House had an "R" after his name. Then again, the misplaced "priorities" of the Biden administration won't happen with a Republican in the White House.
"The money I spend on booze has nothing to do with the fact that my children have no food to eat. Totally different budgets."
— Steve Skojec (@SteveSkojec) December 9, 2024
That's pretty much what PolitiFact's spin is, not that I'm very surprised.
Government money just appears out of thin air, according to Politifact. https://t.co/bO4sl1f5Gw
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) December 9, 2024
The hackery is tiresome, and I can't wait to see what PolitiFact has in store when "fact-checking" the Trump years.
This is the stupidest take and it's why we want government cleaned up. This is exactly why we hired Trump for the job and it's exactly why every one of his nominees need to be affirmed.
— Adyana (@adyanalistens) December 9, 2024
You boot licking, bureaucracy loving, anti-America dolts.
Team Biden played the same trick after releasing all that money to Iran: "The deal is that they can't spend it on terrorism so therefore it has nothing to do with that." PolitiFact had their own version here:
But the claims ignore how domestic disaster relief and foreign aid are funded. Congress separately determines funding for each through appropriations or supplemental bills. The claims also ignore the $3.1 billion the Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent so far responding to Hurricane Helene, which left a trail of destruction across six states in late September, and Hurricane Milton, which struck Florida in October.
The point is that Biden seems to be able to find any amount of money to send to Africa, Ukraine, Syria, etc. with the stroke of a pen but seems to be hamstrung when it comes to helping people in our own country (not counting illegal aliens of course). The White House enjoys rubbing that in our faces, and PolitiFact seems to enjoy running cover for them.
