There really is no justification for lying and deceit. Its wrong if anyone does it. Trump or Biden people should be called out for doing it. Secular society morals reset is something we Catholics should push, and it starts by calling out all that deceitful lying.
Happens in my country too but not as overtly as in yours.
Both Trump and Biden say the wrong thing at times and stumble over words. Trump and his crew always dismiss it as ājokingā
We could start with the disinfectant gaffe that was dismissed as a ājokeā