Letter: Do the Ten Commandments no longer matter to Trump’s base?

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump listens to Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of lies and numbers, particularly the use of statistics, to bolster weak arguments. The phrase was popularized in America by Mark Twain.

It's a practice used increasingly enthusiastically by President Donald Trump, who, according to the Washington Post’s Fact Checker, has upped his daily average of lies from just over five a day in his first quarter in office to over 15 in the latest quarter. Whether it's attendance…