Chuck Grassley was at the forefront of pushing these claims to begin with.

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    That’s the problem though, you can’t really prove a negative. By the nature of logic. At best, if it is a lie, the original source admits they lied.

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      Did Donald Trump eat so many Cheetos he actually turned orange? I’m not saying that’s true, I’m just asking the questions.

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      You can however reach a level of confidence about a negative.

      Like, I can’t prove that putting my VR headset on didn’t actually send me to another world… but I’ve got a pretty high degree of confidence that it didn’t.