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PolitiFact uses accurate statements from Ron DeSantis and J.D. Vance as evidence that the two Republicans are liars

What is the worst respected fact-checking outfit and why is it PolitiFact? Seriously, PolitiFact sucks. They’ve gone from the occasional cringe-inducing, eyeroll-worthy fact-check to the chronic cringe-inducing, eyeroll-worthy fact-check. What they do now is the opposite of fact-checking. They are literally anti-fact-check.

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And now we’ve got a couple more terrible examples to throw onto the dumpster fire.

Here’s one of them, and it concerns Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis:

DeSantis earned a “Mostly False” rating from PolitiFact, despite his claim not being mostly false at all:

DeSantis said that 72 hours before Hurricane Ian made landfall, Lee County wasn’t “even in the cone.”

Most of Lee County was not within Hurricane Ian’s forecasted path 72 hours before landfall. But one of the county’s barrier islands, Cayo Costa, appeared inside the forecast cone on each of eight advisories issued by the National Hurricane Center on Sept. 25, three days before the storm made landfall there.

There is an element of truth in that most of Lee County was not in the forecasted center of the storm 72 hours of landfall; but one of the county’s barrier islands was, and focusing on the cone itself downplays the impacts of a storm as large as Ian.

So DeSantis’ claim was, in fact, Mostly True.

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“Next-level hackery” is right. PolitiFact seems a lot more interested in making Republicans look bad than they do in, you know, checking facts. Check out their fact-check today of Ohio GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance, who suggested that his Democratic opponent Tim Ryan is not an independent-minded politician but rather a rubber-stamp Democrat who votes with Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi:

Here’s the ad in question, so you can see for yourselves what a lying liar who lies J.D. Vance is:

Huh. It … actually sounds like Vance’s ad accurately characterizes Ryan’s record. And yet, Vance’s ad only merited a “Half True” rating from PolitiFact:

Ryan’s voting record in the current Congress does align with Biden’s agenda and Pelosi’s recent votes, though as House speaker she does not vote on every measure.

But the more glaring issue with the ad is that it snips out Ryan’s explanation of why he thought Pelosi should no longer lead the party. Vance’s ad does not account for Ryan’s notable decision to challenge Pelosi’s leadership after the 2016 election, leaving viewers without the full story.

Vance’s statement is partially accurate but takes things out of context. We rate this statement Half True.

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That’s better than the “Mostly False” Ron DeSantis got, but still. The bar is well below the floor at this point.

https://twitter.com/EddieZipperer/status/1577642508317753344

Democrats and liberals are always looking for “nuance.” Any excuse to avoid the truth that’s staring them right in the face.

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Fact-check: True.

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Related:

Politifact explains why the several times Dems objected to election results were only ‘mostly symbolic measures’

PolitiFact comes to Kamala Harris’ rescue after she said that hurricane relief resources should be based on equity

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