I wonder if politicians even realize they are lying when it becomes part of their way of manipulating people to survive even though they have no real talent.
That is rhetorical, right? The answer is obvious.
The ones that start braying about "gun control" after a shooting definitely know they are lying (that would include all 'rats). They know most of their "gun control" legislation won't be passed, and they know that it would be ineffectual if it did; but they like to pose as people who care and who are trying to do something when they know they aren't.