false witness

Trump bears false witness against others in that he frequently attacks people’s character, especially the character of those he feels the most threatened by, in an effort to distract from how little he possesses.

“We will not share in elections with the corrupt, and we will not be false witnesses for the corrupt,” he said.

Why are they so willing to discard the core principle of not bearing false witness?

At one point, Walker turned to Warnock and said: “Do not bear false witness, senator.”

“It’s OK to speak the truth. Do not bear false witness, senator,” shouted Mr. Walker, who said the evictions were “written about in the paper.”