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It's really Trump with pants on fire

July 26, 2016 12:00 am • Last Updated: July 26, 2016 4:51 pm

If you believe Donald Trump, and polls show most people do, Hillary Clinton is a liar. He assures us he tells it like it is, "Believe me".

Rather than take his word for it, however, I go to the nonpartisan website "politifact.com." This site rates prominent people's statements on a seven-level scale from true to false to "Pants on Fire." It also keeps a running percentage of important people.

Taking the three main levels, Clinton's scores are: True, 23 percent; False, 11 percent; and Pants on Fire, 1 percent.

Trump's scores are almost a negative image: True, 2 percent; False, 40 percent; and Pants on Fire, 19 percent.

Evidently, the self-described "King of Debt" is also the Lord of Lies.

Ruth Randolph

Norwich

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