A few weeks ago, PolitiFact made a public mockery of itself by naming Donald Trump's claim that Haitian immigrants were "eating the pets" in Springfield, Ohio, its "Lie of the Year."
It's not that anyone is surprised that the left-wing "fact-checking" organization would target Trump as the object of their criticism. It's that they announced it right on the heels of the sitting President of the United States, Joe Biden, pardoning his son Hunter for crimes he may have committed over the course of a decade. This, after telling the nation for four years, in multiple forums, in multiple ways, in multiple formats, that he would not interfere with the Justice Department's prosecution of his son's crimes.
Both sides of the political aisle noticed how shamelessly biased and brazenly impartial things operate over at PolitiFact. So, in an earnest effort to help them keep from committing the same mistake this year, allow me to present an early front runner: Joe Biden's National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan.
You may be about to swallow your tongue hearing that given the immensity of that fabrication. Whether it's China working diligently to threaten the United States diplomatically, economically, militarily, and technologically, or Russia's cozy relationship with Iran, the world's biggest exporter of terror, or North Korea's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons to threaten our country (as well as our allies), the idea that a "national security" expert could say such a thing with a straight face should be astounding.
But let's remember, Jake Sullivan is the same guy who on September 29, 2023, said of Joe Biden's policies,
"The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades."
In case you've forgotten, just eight days later, a well-organized and coordinated attack on America's biggest ally in the region was perpetrated by Iranian-funded Hamas terrorists, resulting in the deaths of 1,200 men, women, and children.
So no, Sullivan is not a stranger to saying absurdly irrational and inaccurate things on national television. Will his "better off now" claim end up being the worst lie of the year? Perhaps.
But the competition will be stiff, particularly when the state of California just elected this guy to be their senator:
Everyone who has been paying attention to the news lately knows that is not true. How bad is this lie? Governor Gavin Newsom just ordered a probe to find out why those reservoirs were empty at the initiation of these fires.
Pay attention, PolitiFact.
