President’s fact-check

I would like to quote our so-called president who has repeatedly said what a “massive” victory he had in the November election: “I guess it was the biggest electoral college win since Reagan.”

Of course this was a big lie. It took me all but two minutes to fact-check this quote. Here are the results: George H.W. Bush in 1988 won with 426. Bill Clinton won in 1992 with 370, and in 1996 with 379. Barack Obama won in 2008 with 365, and 332 in 2012. The Liar had 304 in 2016 (270 to win) and did beat out George W. Bush, who had 271 in 2000 (Bush versus Gore), and 286 in 2004.

Now he is saying that the media is after him with “fake news” when his honesty is questioned. The only truly fake news seems to come from him and his minions. His election was no massive landslide, and he lost the popular vote “bigly.” So sad.

Now a lot of Republicans got excited about his speech to Congress. He outlined a spending spree along with deep tax cuts. Did we not learn what such actions/spending will do to the national debt? He wants to trash the EPA and let the coal industry dump its toxic sludge into rivers. Do we actually need unregulated burning of coal? Maybe we can end up like China where they wear masks to breathe and visibility is zero.

It seems the Liar-in-Chief does not want you to read the New York Times because he does not want you exposed to the truth about him. When he started bashing the Times, I and thousands of others purchased the New York Times online. I believe the Times has exposed this charlatan to sunlight, and we all know sunlight is the best disinfectant.

K.E. POLLOCK Little Rock