I’m really struggling to understand this NYT factcheck of JD Vance’s claim that he never supported a national abortion ban. How in the world is this “needs context” rather than “false”??
I also think we've seen enough real world examples of pregnant people dying or having their care delayed in places where exceptions to the law exist to stop treating exceptions as a real avenue to care. It's a ban, exceptions don't stop it from being a ban.
Wasn't his website rather unequivocal about it?
“Needs context” is for when a Republican tells the most bald-faced lie you’ve ever heard *or* when a liberal says something that’s true.
I guess they don’t know what never means.
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I think they're trying to define ban as a complete ban on all abortions, ever, for any reason. But of course any ban is a ban.
This needs context: he is an inveterate liar and looks like the lead singer of a Cure cover band playing at the Dayton Holiday Inn.
The sky is green. "This needs context: the sky is not green" 🙄
It’s because the Times makes up meanings, shades the truth, and is completely not up to the task of documenting lies because they have their thumb in the scale and want Trump to win OR they are hopelessly stupid. I’m willing to believe both, but I’m kind of convinced of the former.