The theorem stating that truth wields a leftward bias may once have been intended, in part, as an ideological offensive. Its linguistic currency was most commonplace during the Bush II administration, whose most tragic lies were grounded in its defense of the Iraq war — lies vigorously exposed by the left. But even Bushian neoconservatism had its occasional merits (even if used as a cynical cover for witless interventionism), such as advocacy of human rights — a time-honored American value which the present administration has almost just as tragically jettisoned. If absolute truth exists, it's an elusive creature.
By now, though, any leftward ideological premise once possibly underlying the theorem is no more. Contra Merriam-Webster and pink-hued activists, truth can now be properly defined as any articulation opposed to any statement, any position, any policy uttered by the Republican Party. Virtually everyone estranged from its steaming cauldron of rancid fallaciousness can, with sublime legitimacy, be called a divine advocate and noble guardian of truth, in all its reasonable variations.
By way of proving my modified theorem, simply note that even Republican pols accept it. They no longer make any serious effort to gainsay accusations of their conspicuous lies. Baghdad Bob Trump issues outrageous falsehoods by the oil-tanker load — a pathology that happened to render him president of the United States. His party has taken note of his political success via monstrous prevarications, and so — not unreasonably — his party has adopted his method in toto. Success breeds imitators.
Currently the chief practitioners of the Trumpian methodology are Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy. About their repeal-and-replace atrocity, they lie with grinning indifference. The Graham-Cassidy bill would accomplish every health-care detriment they insist it won't, but they just don't care. As Paul Krugman observes of this "stunningly cruel" and "incompetently drafted" legislation, Graham and Cassidy "have produced something that everyone, and I mean everyone, who knows anything about health care warns would cause chaos." OK. In the fetid swamp of Republican so-whatism?, knowledgeable objections, however, are blithely dismissed.
It is said by many that we live in an era of inescapable post-Truth (mere "truthiness" is so old school), courtesy of the right's unremitting propaganda machine and Donald Trump's brave new hellhole of flourishing mendacity. I, however, would counter that we've entered a clarifying world of easily verifiable Truth: Simply put, whatever belches from the malign oracle of modern Republicanism, it's a lie. And over this ruinous Republican turn, Truth increasingly will become the more common currency of American politics — and ultimately triumphant.