I thought Joe Biden was the worst liar in politics, but I was wrong. 

Tim Walz seems incapable of telling the truth about anything if he thinks he can gain a political advantage from lying. 

NEW: CNN and The New York Times report that Tim Walz and his wife did not use IVF to conceive their children.

Tim Walz last month: ‘Thank God for IVF, my wife and I have two beautiful children’

According to the NYT, Walz's office sent out a letter in April that said: 'My wife… pic.twitter.com/C96tCkdNfX

— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) August 20, 2024

The IVF issue raised its complicated head last month, with both sides of the aisle scrambling to define positions that appealed to their political base while not appearing extreme to the normies who have more complicated views on the issue and would prefer not to think too deeply about it. 

The Democrats chose the "any time, anywhere, at any time approach." At the same time, Republicans scrambled to make clear that the party doesn't oppose it outright but has concerns about creating embryos and destroying them without a thought. 

As a practical matter, the Democrats have the more appealing position to most people, I think, because everybody can identify with a couple who want to have children but are prevented by age or a medical condition. How do you NOT feel sympathetic to people who want children? Even the anti-natal party, the Democrats, are not going to stand in the way of people desiring kids. Yet. 

So Walz did what Walz does: lies about his own experience. 

Gwen Walz reveals she underwent a different treatment, not IVF, in new details about fertility struggles | CNN Politics ⁦@CNNPolitics⁩ https://t.co/Bz7MkioVBB

— Catherine Phung (@phung_catherine) August 20, 2024

Of course, Tim and Gwen Walz turned out not to have used IVF to conceive their children. They instead used a completely uncontroversial method of fertility treatment. 

Walz was caught lying about IVF and now his camp is compelled to admit it. They aren't "shedding light" on their "fertility journey" or "clarifying" anything. This wasn't hyperbole or "sloppy rhetoric," just a blatant lie. https://t.co/BsL0myPtRc

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 20, 2024

I admit it would never have occurred to me to check because, well, why would you lie about something so intimate? But then again, Walz will lie about anything because he is certain that he won't be called out on it in a way that matters to anybody who might vote for him. As with so many things, when a "fact check" on an issue that benefits Democrats comes out, it does so late and when the issue is long past relevance. 

REPORTER: "How are you preparing for a debate with Tim Walz?"@JDVance: "Well I found a good friend from back home who embellishes and lies a lot and I'm having him stand in for Tim Walz." pic.twitter.com/qB0UQ2VjFB

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 20, 2024

The impression sets in, and the lie accomplishes its goal, as in this case. 

The Democrats do this all the time. The lie that Thomas Matthew Crooks was actually a Republican, for instance. Or that Trump wasn't hit by a bullet, promulgated by the FBI Director. False timelines about the shooting of Trump and the rallygoers. The "couch" hoax. The "fine people hoax." This is a favorite technique of the left--push out lies, repeat them, and eventually drop them once the goal is accomplished. 

Although I admit, the "fine people" hoax was never dropped. It is too useful, and no amount of "fact-checking" will displace it. 

There was a time in my life when I would be shocked by such shamelessness, but now it is another day ending in "y." 

Democrats lie, and Walz is just an unusually prolific liar who has gotten away with it for decades.