Now, political debates are not exactly known for their adherence to the truth—after all, bending facts has been a key strategy for candidates since the dawn of democracy. But according to NBC, Harris brought the art of deception to new heights, leaving even the most seasoned spin doctors marveling at her performance.
NBC’s fact-checkers were reportedly overwhelmed during the debate, as their meticulously calibrated “Lie-O-Meter”—a tool specially designed to measure political falsehoods—began smoking halfway through Harris’s first answer. “It was unprecedented,” said one exhausted fact-checker. “We’ve covered countless debates over the years, but we’ve never seen the machine overheat like this. At one point, we had to reboot it just to keep up.”
The first red flag came when Harris, responding to a question about the economy, confidently declared, “The Biden administration has single-handedly saved America from a recession.” The fact-checkers quickly pointed out that this was a slight exaggeration, given the ongoing economic challenges and the fact that, you know, inflation exists. But that was just the beginning.
