The Washington Post drew heavy criticism Tuesday for its fact check of the first night of the Democratic National Convention.Democrats attacked Republican nominee Donald Trump throughout the evening, but many critics argued Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler tried to draw a false equivalency...
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    “There is no evidence that Trump sent such letters,” Kessler wrote. “Clinton is making a bit of a leap to suggest that Trump has written “love letters” to dictators. Clinton appears to be referring to a 2018 comment from Trump about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un: ‘We fell in love, okay? No, really, he wrote me beautiful letters, and they’re great letters. We fell in love.’”

    “That’s certainly an unusual statement, but he’s referring to letters written by Kim,” Kessler added. “We do not know what Trump wrote to Kim — or other dictators, for that matter.”

    Christ.