Not bothered at all by this. These people are sworn in as representatives, or registering in order to compete to be sworn in as representatives. The vote is as

Not bothered at all by this. These people are sworn in as representatives, or registering in order to compete to be sworn in as representatives. The vote is as sacred as the courtroom. Politicians can be mistaken, politicians can have wildly different interpretations of the facts, but allowing them to deliberately lie is a choice. A bad one. What case be made for perjury to be illegal and deliberate lying by politicians not illegal that doesn't prioritize the judiciary over the electorate? The choice is between rule by appointed elders or democracy, and our sovereignty, the legitimacy of our government, comes from democracy. Politicians can even pretend to have wildly different interpretations of the facts in order to deceive the public. They had better not admit that they actually know the truth about those facts in their available communications, though. edit: another benefit in the US would be that if political parties are fixing a primary, which they have every right to do as private organizations, they would not be able to coordinate this with the candidate themselves. Lying to the electorate is as essential to democracy as lying to a jury is essential to the justice system.