And the David Broder award for outstanding achievement in the field of false equivalence goes to…
[Gilbert Gottfried voice] The libertarians!
While it's rude to imply that Vance had sex with a couch, it's distinct from the lie that Haitians are eating pets in that Republicans are saying Haitians are eating pets to inflame race hatred among their supporters, some of whom may go on to kill Haitians. Hope this is helpful.— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) September 9, 2024
When you think that you can’t criticize even the most heinous Republican rhetoric without also criticizing some not remotely comparable Democratic rhetoric because this will demonstrated your political independence, you are in fact confirming who your real allegiance lies with.
The fact that one of the two major political parties, including the owner of this site, went all in on an incendiary lie seems like the kind of thing you’d expect reporters to hound the liars over, but as it happens they’d only do that if it were the other party. https://t.co/2K4L3nKtIB— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) September 10, 2024