Does this like ever happen with liberal politicians or is it exclusively a right wing thing.
I'm sure it does, but I'm equally sure the numbers make such cases exceptions that prove the rule.
The Republican response to this damning fact is to seek to make the population too stupid to understand numbers, not to reform their cesspit of a party.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984