CofC Professor Explores False Statements in Political Campaigns
Joseph Kelly writes an article for The Conversation about lying and political campaigning.
Supporters gather at a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Joseph Kelly, professor of English at the College of Charleston, has published an article for The Conversation concerning the issue of lies and political campaigns.
Kelly says that despite the thorough debunking of false rumors that Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio, former President Donald Trump and his GOP allies insist on repeating the lies. He says this is not the first time lies have been used during campaigns.
“While many political observers believe that these lies have, as The New York Times columnist Lydia Polgreen described, finally ‘crossed a truly unacceptable line,’ in fact, white politicians have told brazen, fearmongering, racist lies about Black people for over the past 100 years,” says Kelly.
He says that for some politicians, lying when everyone knows you’re lying seems to be the point of such statements.
Read the complete article on The Conversation.
