After 2020 data debacle, the next census cannot wait four years to be completed

Published February 11, 2026 8:00am ET



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Outside of the handling of COVID-19 and the limp cover-up of former President Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline, “errors” in the 2020 census are the biggest scandal of the 21st century.

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