Alternative Facts are Still Lies
Published: March 11, 2026 •
2 min read
Any unreasonable person knows there is NO such thing as "alternative facts". Either something is true or it's not true. Yes, there are gray areas in the middle where something may or may not be completely true or false but there is no such thing as an alternative fact. Alternative facts are just lies someone wants you to believe.
The phrase “alternative facts” was made famous by Kellyanne Conway on January 22, 2017, in an interview on the NBC political talk show, Meet the Press. She was defending statements by then White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer about the crowd size at the inauguration of Donald Trump. Little did we know how much foreshadowing that interview would provide on the future of the Trump administration and the United States in general.
Alternative facts is a real threat today. It has become the hallmark of the Trump administration and the MAGA movement. Whatever Trump says is true, becoming "fact", simply because he wants you to believe it is true. And people believe him, even when it’s clearly false. Even when evidence screams in their face that it's imaginary, they swallow it. Whether it’s peer pressure, tribal loyalty, or just the desire to believe in someone so badly—Trump's supporters are willingly swapping truth for comfort.
You know what that creates? Cults.
Remember Jim Jones and the People's Temple? He convinced 900 people to drink poisoned Flavor Aid and kill themselves. Why? Because they believed him over reality. But he didn’t drink it himself. He just wanted them gone because he was done with them.
Truth doesn’t bend depending on what you want to believe, who’s saying it, or what party you belong to. Alternative facts are lies. But they’re also a strategy—a way to get people to accept fiction as reality and give the person controlling that reality power over them. That’s not just politics. That’s a threat to reality itself.
Question everything. Don’t drink the Flavor Aid.
