Randy Bauer wrote:
As it is, I am comforted that anybody with half a brain will see it
for what it
is, the ravings of somebody who is losing or has lost their grip on
reality.

Another interpretation would be that Sloan knows very well that it is
untrue, but he says it anyway, because he believes it will further his
own purposes. If Sam thought that saying 'Iceland is in South America'
would get him elected, this group would be plastered with messages to
that effect.