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It’s unfair to treat every gaffe as evidence of malice or incompetence. But were Trump’s demonstrably false statements gaffes?

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Public officials misspeak all the time. Journalists make mistakes all the time. Ordinary citizens over-react to headlines without reading the…

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It’s unfair to treat every gaffe as evidence of malice or incompetence. But were Trump’s demonstrably false statements gaffes?