One reason fact checking doesn't work with Donald Trump is that he has trained his followers to so distrust the press that even if Daniel Dale lays out 33 lies in one debate, Trump's followers will simply write that off to press bias. Donald Trump has created a system in which there are two truths in the United States: one, the reality that sane people live in, and another, an all-encompassing system of false claims that Trump has spun with the help of Fox News.
Every time you try to fact check Trump, you simply reinforce the polarization in the US. You simply reinforce the belief of Trump's supporters that the other half of society simply hates Trump's truth.
One of the most fascinating aspects of last week's debate is how, with one major and two lesser exceptions, rather than directly disputing Trump's truth, Harris instead rebutted his false claims by making Trump look weak. The one exception - over an hour into the debate - came when Linsey Davis invited Harris to respond to Trump's accusation that she hates Israel.
Harris usually doesn't directly dispute any of the lies Trump tells. Often, she instead says things that suggest his incompetence. For example, in response to Trump's first answer in which he makes a claim about the economy under his term, instead of directly disputing it, Harris mocks what a mess he left her and President Biden.
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