![]() ![]() Here’s the thing: Being factually accurate and morally right isn’t an either/or situation. “I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.” ![]() “If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I would argue that they’re missing the forest for the trees,” she said to Cooper. Ocasio-Cortez likely skimmed the study from which the $21 trillion figure comes and saw it as a way to make a broader point about how our government is totally fine spending trillions of dollars – much of which is not well accounted for – on defense, but blanches at the cost of creating a national insurance program to cover all Americans.īut Ocasio-Cortez’s explanation of why she said what she said – and why she wasn’t really wrong – misses the mark. “She cited the $21 trillion figure and said ’66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon.’ That’s a direct comparison. “It’s unconvincing to try to pass this off as a rhetorical point being misread,” wrote the Fact-Checker in awarding Ocasio-Cortez four Pinocchios. At issue is a December tweet in which Ocasio-Cortez said that $21 trillion in the Pentagon’s financial transactions “could not be traced, documented, or explained” – and noted that such an amount of money could cover two-thirds of the total cost of Medicare for All.īut as The Washington Post’s Fact Checker noted, the $21 trillion claim was quite, well, fuzzy. But it’s- it’s not the same thing as- as the President lying about immigrants. I say, “OK, this was clumsy.” and then I restate what my point was. Ocasio-Cortez: It’s absolutely important. I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.Ĭooper: But being factually correct is important. Ocasio-Cortez: If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I would argue that they’re missing the forest for the trees. The Washington Post recently awarded you four Pinocchios-Ĭooper: -for misstating some statistics about Pentagon spending? Click to subscribe!Ĭooper: One of the criticisms of you is that- that your math is fuzzy. ![]() THE POINT - NOW ON YOUTUBE! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. ![]()
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