The First Amendment protects speech. That speech includes lies; lots of lies, damned lies, constant lies, lies perpetrated through commercial media outlets, shouted through megaphones at rallies and on social media. Sectors of our society and geographic regions are poorly educated, chronically suspicious of government and hold historic grudges dating back 160+ years. They are susceptible to lies, damned lies and twisted statistics. When speech turns to action, it no longer has the protection of the first amendment, but there is constitutional protection in the franchise to elect liars. We are only protected by two possibilities; 1) that there are more voters who adhere to truth instead of lies, and 2) That they care enough to show up the polls and reject the liars. Until that day, we can broadcast a different message, but we can't fully drown out the lies.