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The Right’s Mantra: Lie, lie, and lie about the lies
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The Right’s Mantra: Lie, lie, and lie about the lies

Jan 15, 2023
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Fact check #1: The anti-IRS agenda

One of the GOP’s favorite lies of late - about the IRS hiring “87,000 new agents”- was debunked as soon as Kevin McCarthy tweeted it last August.

That didn’t stop Republicans from bringing up the lie in the leadup to the midterm elections and during the first weeks of their control over the US House of Representatives.

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