But he had tried to peddle what White House counselor Kellyanne Conway once called “alternative facts” about the Trump Tower meeting. “Truth isn’t truth” should be taken as a suspect’s blurted admission of guilt. The tallies that Sanders claimed are correct use as their starting points the months when the two presidents were elected, not the months when they took office. We are accustomed to politicians who shade the truth and spin the facts, but now we have a president who ignores unpleasant truth and rejects unflattering facts. Truth is truth — and worth fighting for.

Source: Washington Post August 20, 2018 21:00 UTC