Fellow PolitiFact critic Matthew Hoy saved us some time by hitting a target we were fixing to home in on.
Hoy presses the point that Trump's point should be easy to understand. When the Pope won't endorse the steps need to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon it's tantamount to the Pope giving that eventuality his tacit okay.
Short version:
A shorter version of why @PolitiFact's "Pants on Fire" rating for Trump should, at the very least, be "Mostly True." With bonus Swalwell analogy. pic.twitter.com/Fb55U9MPLt
— Matthew Hoy (@hoystory) April 14, 2026
Long version:
Also, buy Matthew's book about fact checker perfidy, featuring PolitiFact and a fair number of examples explored here at PolitiFact Bias.PolitiFact hands Trump a Pants on Fire that really should be a Mostly True.https://t.co/UCL5qsovDG
— Matthew Hoy (@hoystory) April 14, 2026
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