There's an old saying: a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. You know exactly what that looks like. Angry keyboard warriors posting rude and hateful comments to social media posts, misleading campaign postcards that arrive in your mailbox during election season, anonymous attacks from people who'd never say those things to your face.
It's easy to tear someone down online with a single sentence, but the truth takes a lot longer to explain.
This page is devoted to setting the record straight on Merritt's background, character, and his record, one full story at a time.