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Politifact Scorecards: How the Trump and Obama Administrations Compare

For the hell of it the other day, I decided to tabulate the Politifact scorecards of everyone in the Obama and Trump administrations (including the presidents). Here's how the numbers broke down: Obama/Cabinet Grades: 1,033 True/Mostly True: 499 (48.3%) False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 269 (26.0%) Net: +22.3% Trump/Cabinet Grades: 944 True/Mostly True: 182 (19.3%) False/Mostly False/Pants on Fire: 594 (62.9%) Net: -43.6% Difference: +65.9% (D)/-65.9% (R) That should tell you a lot right there. This is where we are as a country right now. No, the Democratic Party isn't perfect, as those scores should dictate. However, they still tell the truth roughly double the number of times they utter a falsehood. On the other side of the aisle, however, the Republican Party averages to tell the truth 1 out of 5 times, while distorting the truth almost 2/3 of the time. Say whatever you want about the two parties, in this current day and age, one thing is for certain: the Rep...