What H.L. Mencken might say about our current politicians and celebrities based on his past writings…

Current Politician or News Celebrity	Menckenians
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lisa Bobert	“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
George Santos	“It is [a politician’s] business to get and hold his job at all costs. If he can hold it by lying, he will hold it by lying; if lying peters out, he will try to hold it by embracing new truths. His ear is ever close to the ground.‘
Kevin McCarthy	‘The only way to success in American public life lies in flattering and kowtowing to the mob. A candidate for office, even the highest, must either adapt its current manias en bloc, or convince it hypothetically that he is done so.“
Donald Trump	“It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.“
Fox News viewers	‘The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.“
Tucker Carlson	“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”
Alex Murdaugh	“It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.“