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“I’m going to tell everyone that I’m a substitute teacher and a Special Olympics coach, which is true; it’s just a partial truth because I don’t want to share everything else that I do.”

As for the other, Ford first took issue with the bike story, calling it “partial truth” — before leaning toward the microphone to say in a dramatic whisper: “I’ve been blessed with this body. Thank you for noticing.”

Trump and Biden have each tapped into one partial truth: There is an allegiance to old industry in some Western Pennsylvania families, a belief that the wealth that steel and coal and gas brought to the region, albeit years and years ago, is owed a certain respect.

They are known as “the wealthiest generation,” a moniker that reveals only a partial truth about baby boomers.

“The members of our committee have rejected that oath, which was never taken by any African-American members of our community to begin with. We believe that where our history is concerned, there is no such thing as a partial truth.”