Unfortunately, I am not joking.
I agree. I’m never sure where this relative fits though. It seems to me that he is dedicated to something, I’m not sure what. The democrat party, liberalism, some unspoken ideology, or whatever. He tailors his reality around whatever it is. Facts that don’t fit, he simply denies. I can’t tell if he does that on purpose, or if he’s really that deluded. But he’s family, and I have a million reasons to love him anyway.