Yep, substituting "caused" is lying by omission.
Failure to find World War II
Imagine that, in a 1930 to 1945 time period. Must'a not been important.
There have been quite a number of people (mainly talk radio) who claim that Smoot-Hawley caused the Great Depression
So yes that comment has been made
As to the Great Depression was extended by Smoot...the evidence suggests otherwise. The pct of GDP growth most years during the depression belie that