Every damn Trump SCOTUS appointee lied through their teeth at their confirmation hearings

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20. I don't see how making factually correct statements

Can be seen as being deceptive. Evasive maybe, but even then, judicial nominees really can't take stands on hypothetical future cases.

When Democratic nominees say they accept Heller and McDonald as precedent and that they know hunters and have a goddaughter who is an NRA member, I would not see it as being deceptive when they rule in favor of gun control or if they were to vote to overturn one of those previous decisions. Even if those answers were carefully crafted to appear neutral or even pro-2A.

These are people who carefully craft statements for a living and understand the precise language they use. Anyone who thinks they would slip up and commit perjury as some are claiming (not necessarily you) is really trying to stretch and twist their statements.