The week in whoppers: Dem leader Hakeem Jeffries flips the script on GOP, CBSs Leslie Stahl defends Hamas to ex-hostage and more

“Republicans are in free fall right now.” — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Mar.27We say: Utter projection.

Last month, CNN found the Democratic Party’s favorability at the lowest since it began polling 32 years ago, with just 29% favorability, and later polls show it lower.If Dems aren’t the ones in “free fall,” it’s only because they can’t fall much lower.Republicans are enjoying far higher levels of support.

In March, President Trump saw his highest NBC News approval rating, 47%.“Do you think [Hamas kidnappers] starved you or they just didn’t have food?”— Leslie Stahl on “60 minutes,” SundayWe say: What a question to pose to ex-hostage Keith Siegel, who Hamas held in brutal conditions for 484 days.Was Stahl looking to blame Israel for his suffering?Is she naive about Hamas stealing food from Gaza’s civilians to ensure its members are fed?His response proved her way out of line: Along with beating him, his captors would eat right in front of him, without offering him any food at all.“Why should I give a f–k about some law that some old white man passed in the 1920s?”— The Nation’s Elie Mystal on “The View,” TuesdayWe say: Asked about Team Trump’s use of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act to deport illegal migrants, Mystal bashed “every law passed before the 1965 Voting Rights Act” as “presumptively unconstitutional.” Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.

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Huh! That includes the 1964 Civil Rights Act, income tax and Social Security laws and much more.Scrapping “every” pre-1965 law would pretty much destroy today’s entire US political and economic system — including things Mystal supports.“President Biden created 15 million jobs ..

.more than many modern presidents in modern history.�...