I came across this graph entitled “The Problem with Congress Explained in One Graph.”
This would seem to make a convincing argument that Congress does not fully and accurately represent the American population.
It turns out that the numbers are off, but not the way that this posting represents. A brief summary of this is shown here:
Was it always true that there was so much incorrect or misleading information out there? Or is it just that we have access to so much more information that, even if the same proportion of it is incorrect, the amount of it is simply mind-boggling?
The Washington Post said in January 2020 that Donald Trump had made more than 16,241 false or misleading claims as president, an average of about 14.8 such statements per day. The numbers for presidents prior to 2017 would appear to be much lower, but certainly not zero. Perhaps it was easier to track the last president’s statements because so many of them were on social media; there is no definitive way to compare his record to any presidents before him.
Speaking of cleaning up our acts, earlier this month I wrote about cleaning the car before Pesach (Passover). I was thrilled to just receive this video from Dina, which is so much more fun than we could possibly have doing this ourselves!
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