This guy needs to pull out of the race. Now. What is the matter with these people? And why does the Republican Party keep nominating them?
In a short clip posted on Republican Derrick Anderson’s campaign website and YouTube channel, the Republican running for an open Congressional seat in Virginia’s 7th District poses alongside a smiling woman and three girls in front of a suburban house and then is shown seen sitting with them at the family table. Anderson is unmarried and childless, and apparently “borrowed” a friend’s family.
“Derrick Anderson is so desperate to mask his anti-abortion views and look like a family man that he’s posing for fake family pictures,” Democratic Party spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen said. “He’s clearly not above misleading Virginians and definitely can’t be trusted to represent them in Congress.”
That seems fair.He seems even less trustworthy than the pro-abortion Democrats who mischaracterize the Dobbs decision and abortion itself in every TV ad I see on their behalf in Northern Virginia.
Anderson’s campaign claims the video innocently shows the veteran posing with “female supporters and their children.”
Right.
George Santos, kicked out of Congress for lying about almost everything to fool half-asleep voters to elect him, still didn’t sink so low as to invent a fake family.
Just say you’re a knucklehead, Derrick. It might work!
Ethics Alarms 
He is running against Vindman the Ukrainian brother of Col. Vindman who orchestrated the first Trump impeachment. If I were in the 7th district and this were the only occurrence I would overlook it given the guy he is running against. To put him in the same category as George Santos is a stretch. If additional examples of misrepresentation can be shown then that would change my opinion
While there is no doubt this is an attempt to create a false illusion of his familial status, he did not say they were his wife and children which would make it a lie. We all can recall HRC said that she carried hot sauce in her pocketbook to push the I’m like you narrative to woo the black vote and Kamala just pushed a beer brewed in Wisconsin as her favorite not to mention the many varied ethnic accents. Some of these are easily seen for what they are but are designed to fool or mislead the public. I know this is whataboutism but selective use of calling out false characterizations is unfair.
The question is does something become a lie when people draw a reasonable inference from a given act if an explicit statement is not made? If so, a person who for all intents and purposes appears to be male but dresses as a female like Same Brinton should be called a liar.
We should also keep in mind that President Biden was seen sunning himself on the beach and Harris was cavorting in Vegas with wealthy donors during the height of Helene yet claimed they were actively engaged in dealing with the emergency. The truth is out there but it depends on what side you want to believe.
It’s a lie: that’s deceit. An ambiguous representation designed to deceive. It’s just a sneaky lie, like “I did not have sex with that woman—OH! you thought I meant by “sex” that I meant blow jobs? Where I come from, that’s not having sex.” Deceitmongers are arguably worse than straight liars.
Vindeman is scum, but trying to fake a family for people not paying attention is beneath contempt.
“Deceitmongers are arguably worse than straight liars.”
Then every politician are worse than straight liars. Every one of them misrepresents reality for political gain.
Absolutely. It’s an “everybody does it” excuse. Deceit is the official language of Washington D.C., but no matter how you ccut it, it’s an intentional misrepresentation designed to deceive. A lie.
I just saw a Vindman ad in which he tied Trump to project 2025 and claimed Trump wil prosecute women for seeking an abortion.
Deceit is deceit no matter how it manifests itself.
Apparently that is pretty much the Democratic advertising playbook this election.
Don’t imply, just state that your opponent will do this that and the other horrible thing (typically in regards to abortion or women), even though the other candidate may have explicit denied or disavowed it.
What I was reading about Arizona ads seems good advice — you have to reply in kind, not just try and inform people that you’re really a good guy.
That, after all, is one reason people flocked to Trump. After watching McCain and Romney get slimed by the Democrats, we wanted someone who would fight back and not be a patsy. I think it is safe to say that Trump has fit that bill. Other Republicans need to step up their game as well.
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Not long ago, I heard one of our Democratic precinct leaders inform the other members of the precinct team that the GOP had basically eliminated public schools in Kansas. Of course, not being part of that leadership team, I didn’t say anything. But perhaps two minutes on Google was sufficient to demonstrate that public schools are somehow still alive in the state of Kansas (albeit suffering an enrollment loss lately for some unknown reason). I will just say that the amount of misinformation I hear from these meetings is just staggering.
It’s no wonder they’re fearful of Republicans assaulting the polls or some such, even though I live in a precinct (and town) where you really need Diogenes to come out to find actual Republicans.
Yeah, this is dumb.
Dude reminds me of Ernie “Big Ern” McCracken’s good works.