Despite the notion of checks and balances, our system is based on the idea that one branch of government is not trying to outright scam the other branches. Even under Nixon and Reagan we’d never before had such an egregious abuse of this idea. I don’t know if we’re really set up for Congress to fact-check all executive statements in real-time.
(Comment to the other guy: this is a thread about a political endorsement. Getting all huffy when you apparently stray off topic and someone ties your post back to the topic is maybe a bit of an overreaction?)
