2020 is not a duplicate of 2016--Now People are calling out Pence's lies

 NY TIMES:

The V.P. debate

Mike Pence and Kamala Harris are both skilled debaters. And their debate last night was far easier to watch than last week’s presidential debate.

But there was also a problem with the vice-presidential debate: Pence repeatedly made statements that were either misleading or untrue.

Rather than laying out his honest disagreements with Harris and Joe Biden — be they on tax policy, abortion, policing, immigration, the environment, or any number of other issues — Pence misrepresented the Trump administration’s record and Biden’s. What I said yesterday: In 2016 Pence denied what Kaine had said over and over. I was up on the issues then and counted 8 times when Pence outright lied, denying the truth Kaine had spoken. These were big issues where reporters ought to have known the truth.  Pence had calmly lied over and over and turned the topic away from what Kaine had said. Now, Pence remained calm and reporters said that Kaine was agitated or excitable.The reporters the next day said Pence won because he was so cool. I don't see in today's articles any evidence that reporters have listened to the whole debate from 2016 with awareness of the issues. I worry that Pence will lie again tonight and get away with it again. THERE'S A CHANGE. I HEARD ONE REPORTER, FEMALE, BLACK, THIS MORNING SAYING CALMLY THAT PENCE HAD REPEATEDLY LIED LAST NIGHT BUT HAD DONE SO IN A COOL TONE THAT MADE PEOPLE IGNORE THE FALSITY OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING. BUT I SWEAR, IN 2016 i I LOOKED HARD AND FOUND NO ONE SAYING PENCE (THE COOL GUY) HAD NOT WON.