Schumer's big personal lie: Politicians are infamous for bending the truth, but their lies aren't often complete fiction made up out of whole cloth. Recently, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was blasted across social media for his repeated references to "the Baileys," whom he describes as a "middle-class couple" from "a suburb on Long Island" who "bought into Reagan Republicanism in 1980." Schumer made extensive notes of the Baileys over the years, including in his book Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time. He even claims, "I have guided my political life through the Baileys." So, who are the Baileys? Well, it turns out they don't actually exist; they are simply a figment of Schumer's imagination. And "Bailey" wasn't even their original name. A former spokesman for Schumer noted that he used to ask his staff, "What would the O'Reillys think?"