Tea Party Organizers overstate number of attendees by millions
They later corrected the error, noting that it might be used to by liberals to “discredit the undeniably massive turnout”.
She’s right to be worried — it absolutely will be used that way. If you don’t want to be discredited, then don’t tell a ridiculous (and easily disprovable) lie.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Size Matters; So Do Lies.
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