In a Thursday op-ed in the New York Times, Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada wrote ruefully on the occasion of his retirement, addressing what many liberals have described as the “post-truth” world. After all, how else could they have lost the 2016 election?

“Much of the responsibility for separating what is real and what is fake,” Reid solemnly asserted, “will fall on Democrats.”

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