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If I proposed to a random person on the street what was the most important thing on which to base a decision you have to make, I think I would hear in return one universal answer: the truth. On a national basis, as voters, there is nothing more important to the course of democracy than knowing the truth regarding challenges our nation confronts based on real and alternative courses that may be taken in its future because it is everybody’s future.

Then I was struck by a fact that is irrefutably true: half of this country’s population does not know a Democrat Party that does not continually lie.

Among the Party’s golden oldies is Bill Clinton’s “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky!” Along with the flipside: “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the—if he—if ‘is’ means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement. …” Bill Clinton made regular use of the poison of convenient lying to kill the truth when it suited him.

Hillary Clinton, who had a long pedigree of lying about Bill’s amours, spewed a more famous lie as Secretary of State when she stated that an obscure anti-muslim video caused the deaths of Christopher Stevens,  Sean Smith, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012.  Or who can forget Hillary’s other convenient lies that she was allowed to use a private e-mail server for public duties, or that she came under sniper fire on a Bosnia airfield?

The Clintons were experts at lying to save their reputations and their political bacon. While the press and loyalists stood by and sighed: ‘Well, it is just the Clintons, being Clintons.’

During the Obama presidency, the lying took another form, that of making assertions, known to be untrue, to pass legislation that would not otherwise pass. Such happened with Obama’s often-made promises about the Affordable Care Act: “If you like your plan, you can keep your healthcare plan.” That was a lie. Or his promise to hold out Democrats in Congress, who objected to the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions and abortifacients. The Obama Administration knowingly lied, stating the legislation would contain no such funding, and then they purposefully directed the HHS to add back taxpayer funding by regulation, after the legislation passed. 

The Obama Administration lied when Press Secretary, Jay Carney stated in 2013 that the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups was “conduct confined to rogue agents at a small office in Cincinnati,” when in truth, targeting conservatives was an Obama Administration policy. Or AG Eric Holder’s lie before Congress on May 15, 2013: “In regard to potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, this is not something I’ve been involved in, heard of, or would think would be wise policy.” Spying on journalists was Obama Administration policy; Holder himself signed the search warrants.

When Donald Trump got elected in 2016, the Left’s lying metastasized. Administrative State officials lied about the Russia Hoax and that lie went out in print, on radio, on TV news and through social media – to every American household and every corner of the globe. That lie affected our duly elected President’s strength at home and abroad.

Before the 2020 election, Anthony Blinken amassed 51 intelligence officers to lie about the source of the Hunter Biden laptop, calling it “Russian disinformation” which effectively killed the story and affected the vote of millions of Americans, changing the dynamics of that election.

The Democrat Party used to lie about their policies and their illegal activities. Now it is their policy to lie – about everything.

Kamala Harris from July of 2023, up until Joe Biden’s abdication of his candidacy, had 25 meetings, attended 46 events, and had 8 personal lunches with him. Yet, when Biden’s ability to govern was challenged by Robert Hur and by the Democrat’s own media, Harris lied: they “could not be more wrong about the facts.” The fact is, Kamala Harris lied about Joe Biden for 3 years.

So today, what is the truth? Will Kamala Harris abide her values and ban fracking or will Kamala not… The answer will affect the American economy at home and the economies of our enemies abroad, such as Russia and Iran. 

The answer is important to every voter in America.

Let’s look at another Democrat umbrella policy of many components. Will Kamala Harris maintain an open border or will she fund the completion of the wall to stem the invasion of millions of illegal immigrants? Will Harris maintain a policy of allowing sanctuary cities? Will Kamala abide defunding and insulting the police? Will Harris continue allowing no cash bail for violent criminals?

If a President Harris allows the continuance of the above policies, hundreds of thousands more young Americans will die from Fetynal poisoning. Hundreds of thousands more unknown juveniles will be subject to sexual slavery.  Hundreds of more police officers will die on duty. Criminal gangs will govern America’s cities. 

That is just one small sampling of policies regarding which – knowing the truth of this candidate is absolutely essential to our future. 

Do you know the truth? How can you? Lying is their policy.

Richard C. Lyons, author of The DNA of Democracy: Volume I and Shadows of the Acropolis: Volume II is a third-generation printer, whose early career centered on religious and special education publishing.  Lyons has since engaged in literary pursuits as a poet, essayist, screenwriter, and indie publisher.

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Richard C. Lyons, author of The DNA of Democracy: Volume I and Shadows of the Acropolis: Volume II is a third generation printer, whose early career centered on religious and special education publishing. Lyons has since engaged in literary pursuits as a poet, essayist, screenwriter and indie publisher.

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