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TRUMP LIES?
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYONE SAY SOMETHING LIKE "TRUMP LIES ALL THE TIME" ?
WHAT EVERYONE READS
• "THE WHITE HOUSE INCUMBENT HAS TOLD A STAGGERING 10,000
LIES SINCE TAKING OFFICE, SOME BIG, SOME TRIFLING. HERE’S A
SELECTION" - THE GUARDIAN
• "PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A LIAR. THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT IN
CASE YOU’RE STILL SKEPTICAL, THE WASHINGTON POST HAS
RECEIPTS. A LOT OF THEM. ON MONDAY, THE PAPER REVEALED
THAT, ACCORDING TO THEIR CALCULATIONS, THE PRESIDENT HAS
NOW DELIVERED OVER 10,000 FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS
SINCE TAKING OFFICE, GOOD FOR AROUND 12 A DAY." - ROLLING
STONE
• "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS A LIAR. THERE’S NO
QUESTION ABOUT THAT." - USA TODAY
DEFINITION OF "LIE"
ADJECTIVE - THE TELLING OF LIES, OR FALSE STATEMENTS;
UNTRUTHFULNESS
NOUN - TELLING OR CONTAINING LIES; DELIBERATELY
UNTRUTHFUL; DECEITFUL; FALSE:
• KEEP THIS IN MIND. THE LEFT CONSISTENTLY USES
MISTAKES, JUDGEMENT CALLS AND OPINIONS AS
EXAMPLES OF LIES.
• AS YOU VIEW JUST THE SAMPLES I HAVE PROVIDED FROM
WASHINGTON POST FACT-CHECKER SAYS
TRUMP HAS 'NOW HIT 10,000' LIES AS
PRESIDENT
• THE POST AND NY TIMES COUNT EACH TIME A STATEMENT IS
REPEATED. SO IF TRUMP SAYS THE SAME THING 26 TIMES THAT
COUNTS AS 26 'LIES'
• THERE MAY WELL BE SOME LIES IN THEIR LISTS, BUT THEY WOULD
BE DIFFICULT TO FIND BECAUSE OF SO MUCH FLUFF
• YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, AND THEY
KNOW THAT. THE EXAMPLES THAT FOLLOW WILL GIVE YOU AN
IDEA OF HOW THEY REACH THAT RIDICULOUS NUMBER.
ACTUAL EXAMPLES OF "LIES"
FROM
THE NEW YORK TIMES
"MANY AMERICANS HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIES. BUT AS REGULAR AS THEY HAVE
BECOME, THE COUNTRY SHOULD NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO
BECOME NUMB TO THEM. SO WE HAVE CATALOGUED
NEARLY EVERY OUTRIGHT LIE HE HAS TOLD PUBLICLY
SINCE TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE."
TRUMP STATEMENT
• “A REPORTER FOR TIME MAGAZINE — AND I HAVE BEEN ON THEIR
COVER 14 OR 15 TIMES. I THINK WE HAVE THE ALL-TIME RECORD
IN THE HISTORY OF TIME MAGAZINE.”
FACT
• TRUMP HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE COVER 11 TIMES.
TRUMP STATEMENT ON INAURAGUATION
• NOW, THE AUDIENCE WAS THE BIGGEST EVER. BUT THIS CROWD
WAS MASSIVE. LOOK HOW FAR BACK IT GOES. THIS CROWD WAS
MASSIVE.”
FACT
• CONGRESS HAS PROHIBITED THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FROM
MAKING OFFICIAL ESTIMATES AFTER IT PRODUCED AN OFFICIAL
ESTIMATE THAT 460,000 TURNED OUT FOR THE SO-CALLED
“MILLION MAN MARCH” IN 1995
• FROM TRUMP'S VIEWPOINT, HE SAW PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT
• FACTCHECK.ORG FINAL CONCLUSION - "DOES ALL THAT ADD UP
TO THE MOST VIEWED INAUGURATION IN HISTORY? MAYBE, BUT
TRUMP STATEMENT ON OBAMACARE JANUARY 25, 2017
• “YOU HAD MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT NOW AREN'T INSURED
ANYMORE.” (BECAUSE OF OBAMACARE)
FACT
• NBC NEWS REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 50 PERCENT AND 75
PERCENT OF THE 14 MILLION WHO BUY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
INSURANCE WOULD LIKELY RECEIVE A CANCELLATION NOTICE
OVER 2014 BECAUSE THEIR PLANS DID NOT MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACA.[3]
• CBS NEWS REPORTED THAT MORE THAN TWO MILLION AMERICANS
WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT RENEW THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES
FOR 2014
TRUMP STATEMENT ON LETTING IN ALIENS, JANUARY 26 2017
• “WE'VE TAKEN IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WE KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT THEM. THEY CAN SAY THEY VET THEM. THEY
DIDN'T VET THEM. THEY HAVE NO PAPERS. HOW CAN YOU VET
SOMEBODY WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM AND
YOU HAVE NO PAPERS? HOW DO YOU VET THEM? YOU CAN'T.”
FACT
• THIS IS OBVIOUSLY TRUE. NYT'S ONLY REASON GIVEN FOR WHY
THEY DECLARED IT FALSE? "VETTING LASTS UP TO TWO YEARS."
SO FOR TWO YEARS WE HAVE UNVETTED PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY.
TRUMP STATEMENT JANUARY 26, 2017
• “I CUT OFF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF ONE
PARTICULAR PLANE, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT WASN'T LIKE I SPENT, LIKE, WEEKS,
HOURS, LESS THAN HOURS, AND MANY, MANY HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND THE PLANE'S GOING TO BE BETTER.”
FACT
• THIS IS ALSO TRUE. NYT'S ONLY REASON GIVEN FOR WHY THEY
DECLARED IT FALSE? "MOST OF THE CUTS WERE ALREADY
PLANNED."
TRUMP STATEMENT FEB 3, 2017, ON RIOTS AFTER ELECTION
• “PROFESSIONAL ANARCHISTS, THUGS AND PAID PROTESTERS ARE
PROVING THE POINT OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
FACT
• TO PROVE THAT THIS IS A LIE, THE NYT ONLY STATES THAT "THERE WAS
NO EVIDENCE OF PAID PROTESTORS"
• INDICTMENT FROM ROBERT MUELLER – THE RUSSIANS ORGANIZED A
NOV. 12 2016 “TRUMP IS NOT MY PRESIDENT” RALLY IN NEW YORK.
• "MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I DEMANDED THAT GEORGE
SOROS PAY ME THE MONEY I WAS OWED FOR FOMENTING PROTESTS
AROUND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S ELECTION. I STILL HAVE YET TO
SEE A SINGLE DIME" - EMILIANO GOODMAN
TRUMP STATEMENT FEBRUARY 7, 2017
• “AND YET THE MURDER RATE IN OUR COUNTRY IS THE HIGHEST
IT’S BEEN IN 47 YEARS, RIGHT? DID YOU KNOW THAT? FORTY-
SEVEN YEARS.”
FACT
• SNOPES - "IT’S LIKELY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ERRED BY
CONFLATING THE MURDER RATE ITSELF WITH THE SIZE OF THE
YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE IN THE MURDER RATE." IN OTHER
SPEECHES GIVEN ON THE SAME TOPIC AT THE SAME TIME TRUMP
SAID THAT THE MURDER RATE HAS HAD LARGEST INCREASE IN 45
YEARS, WHICH THEY HAVE TO ADMIT IS ACCURATE.
TRUMP STATEMENT - MAY 4, 2017
• “WE'RE THE HIGHEST-TAXED DEVELOPED NATION IN THE WORLD,
PROBABLY THE HIGHEST-TAXED NATION IN THE WORLD.”
FACT
• BUSINESS INSIDER - "TRUMP IS RIGHT THAT THE US'S 35%
STATUTORY CORPORATE TAX RATE IS THE HIGHEST AMONG THE
35 MAJOR DEVELOPED ECONOMIES ... . TRUMP'S PLAN TO CUT IT
TO 15% WOULD TIE THE US FOR THE FOURTH LOWEST."
• (NYT ACTUALLY LISTS THIS ONE 10 DIFFERENT TIMES ON THEIR
SITE)
TRUMP STATEMENT - JULY 25, 2017
• “WE HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF VETERANS GIVEN
APPROVALS TO SEE THE DOCTOR OF THEIR CHOICE.” (SPECIFIC
NUMBER HE GAVE WAS 42%)
FACT
• IN ONE SPECIFIC PROGRAM (THE "CHOICE" PROGRAM) THE
INCREASE WAS ONLY 35%, WHICH IS WHY NYT CALLED THIS A LIE.
• BUT, IF LOOKING AT ALL COMMUNITY-CARE PROGRAMS FOR VETS,
THE NUMBER IS EXACTLY ACCURATE
TRUMP STATEMENT - AUGUST 3, 2017
• “OR LET THEM LOOK AT THE URANIUM SHE SOLD THAT IS NOW IN
THE HANDS OF VERY ANGRY RUSSIANS.”
FACT
• NYT REASON FOR CALLING IT A LIE - "THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
HILLARY CLINTON WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE SALE."
WASHINGTON POST
"PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE 3,251 FALSE OR
MISLEADING CLAIMS IN 497 DAYS."
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 'LIES' THEY FOUND?
TRUMP STATEMENT
• “COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME, BUT THAT DOESN’T MATTER
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COLLUSION (EXCEPT BY CROOKED
HILLARY AND THE DEMOCRATS)!”
• COLLUSION IS A CRIME UNDER ANTITRUST LAWS. BUT COLLUSION
IN THAT CONTEXT REFERS TO COMPANIES SECRETLY WORKING
TOGETHER IN PRICE-FIXING OR BID-RIGGING SCHEMES THAT
ILLEGALLY MANIPULATE THE FREE MARKET. SINCE THE
ACCUSATION IS ELECTION RIGGING, NOT PRICE FIXING AT ISSUE
HERE, THAT LEGAL DEFINITION DOESN'T APPLY.
TRUMP STATEMENT
• SAID THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL EVEN
THOUGH THE SUPREME COURT, IN AN OPINION WRITTEN BY CHIEF
JUSTICE JOHN G. ROBERTS JR., SAID IT PASSED CONSTITUTIONAL
MUSTER.
• I THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE SUPREME COURT HAS MADE A NUMBER
OF BAD DECISIONS, MANY LATER REVERSED.
TRUMP STATEMENT
• “ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED GREAT BORDER SECURITY IS THAT
MEXICO’S MURDER RATE IN 2017 INCREASED BY 27% TO 31,174
PEOPLE KILLED, A RECORD! THE DEMOCRATS WANT OPEN BORDERS. I
WANT MAXIMUM BORDER SECURITY AND RESPECT FOR ICE AND OUR
GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS!”
ONLY REASON POST GIVES AS TO WHY IT IS A 'LIE'
• UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION FROM MEXICO HAS BEEN NEGATIVE FOR
10 YEARS. SERIOUSLY - THAT IS THE ONLY 'PROOF' THAT THEY GIVE.
• "[MEXICO] HAD 31,174 HOMICIDES IN 2017, THE INEGI REPORTS. THIS
IS AN INCREASE OF 27% COMPARED WITH 2016, WHICH SAW 24,559
HOMICIDES." - CNN
TRUMP STATEMENT, JULY 2018
• “LAST QUARTER, AS YOU KNOW, OUR GDP GREW 4.1 PERCENT AND
I THINK IT’S GOING TO GO A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT. ... $52
BILLION TRADE DEFICIT REDUCTION.”
REASON POST GIVES AS TO WHY IT IS A 'LIE'
• "EXPERTS EXPECT THE TREND TO BE REVERSED IN THE NEXT
QUARTERLY REPORT."
• ("FINAL READING ON Q2 GDP CONFIRMS 4.2% GAIN, THE FASTEST
RISE IN NEARLY FOUR YEARS" - CNBC, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018. YET
THIS 'LIE' IS STILL LISTED.)
TRUMP STATEMENT
• “SINCE THE ELECTION WE HAVE ADDED 3.7 MILLION NEW JOBS”
REASON POST GIVES AS TO WHY IT IS A 'LIE'
• TRUMP CITES HOW MANY JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED SINCE THE
ELECTION, BUT NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS
ADMINISTRATION. JUST OVER 3.2 MILLION JOBS HAVE BEEN ADDED
TO THE ECONOMY SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE. AGAIN, NOTICE
THAT THEY ARE NOT JUDGING WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID! HOW
CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE A LIE?
CNN - FACT-CHECKING TRUMP'S CLAIMS ABOUT
VIOLENT CRIME
FROM THE SPEECH HE GAVE TO THE NRA LAST
WEEK
HERE ARE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THEY HAVE
LISTED AS LIES....
CNN - FACT-
CHECKING TRUMP'S
CLAIMS ABOUT
VIOLENT CRIME FROM
NRA SPEECH LAST
WEEK
HTTPS://WWW.CNN.COM/201
9/04/26/POLITICS/DONALD-
TRUMP - WHEN I TOOK
OFFICE TWO YEARS AGO
ONE OF MY HIGHEST
PRIORITIES WAS TO
REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME.
IN THE TWO YEARS
BEFORE MY
INAUGURATION THE
MURDER RATE HAD
INCREASED BY MORE
CNN - FBI DATA DID
REPORT A 20% RISE IN
HOMICIDES IN THE
LARGEST CITIES OVER
THE COURSE OF 2015
AND 2016. AND THERE
WAS A SHARP INCREASE
IN VIOLENT CRIME IN
PERCENTAGE TERMS
BETWEEN 2014 AND
CNN - BUT OVERALL,
VIOLENT CRIME AND
HOMICIDE RATES
CONTINUED TO STAY
AT NEAR HISTORICAL
LOWS THROUGH
2016, ACCORDING TO
THE CONGRESSIONAL
RESEARCH SERVICE.
TRUMP - "WE
CHARGED A RECORD
NUMBER OF
CRIMINAL
OFFENDERS AND
LAST YEAR WE
PROSECUTED THE
MOST VIOLENT
CRIMINALS EVER IN
OUR HISTORY AND
CNN - VIOLENT
CRIME RATES WERE
DOWN IN 2017
COMPARED WITH
2016, BUT SOME
CRIMES CONSIDERED
VIOLENT, SUCH AS
RAPE AND
AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT, WERE ON
CNN - TRUMP
WOULD BE RIGHT IN
SAYING THAT
VIOLENT CRIME IN
2017 WAS
DECLINING OVERALL
COMPARED TO
2016, ACCORDING
TO FBI STATISTICS.
HOWEVER, IT
AGAIN - That is
NOT what he said!
TRUMP - "MURDERS
IN AMERICA'S
LARGEST CITIES
DROPPED BY 6%
BETWEEN 2017 AND
2018. BUT I DO
HAVE TO ASK YOU
WHAT THE HELL IS
GOING ON IN
CHICAGO? WHAT IS
CNN - HOMICIDE IS
ESTIMATED TO HAVE
FALLEN IN SOME OF
AMERICA'S LARGEST
CITIES LAST YEAR
AND CHICAGO IS
ONE OF THEM
CNN - THE MURDER
RATE IN 30 OF THE
US'S LARGEST CITIES
DECLINED BY
NEARLY 6% BETWEEN
2017 AND 2018.
CNN - HOWEVER,
TRUMP'S SINGLING
OUT OF CHICAGO
SUGGESTS A HIGH
OR INCREASING
HOMICIDE RATE --
AND THAT IS NOT
SUPPORTED BY
FACTS.
TRUMP - "THE
NUMBER OF POLICE
OFFICERS SHOT AND
KILLED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY (IN 2017),
I'M SO HAPPY TO
REPORT, IS DOWN
21% COMPARED TO
THE YEAR BEFORE."
"TRUMP LOVES TO
SAY HE MAY NOT
LEAVE OFFICE AFTER
TWO TERMS, AND
IT’S DANGEROUS" -
ROLLING STONE,
JUNE 16, 2019
"... the president also floated the
idea of staying in office longer
that what is constitutionally
allowable"What did he actually say?
A poll should be done on which is the more dishonest
and deceitful newspaper, the Failing New York Times
or the Amazon (lobbyist) Washington Post! They are
both a disgrace to our Country, the Enemy of the
People, but I just can’t seem to figure out which is
worse? The good news is that at the end of 6 years,
after America has been made GREAT again and I leave
the beautiful White House (do you think the people
would demand that I stay longer? KEEP AMERICA
GREAT), both of these horrible papers will quickly go
out of business & be forever gone!
CNN - THE NUMBER
OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS SHOT AND
KILLED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY IS
DECREASING.
CNN - TRUMP IS
RIGHT ... HOWEVER,
NUMBERS HAVE NOT
GONE BACK TO
2015 LEVELS,
AGAIN - That is
NOT what he said!
PRESIDENT’S “WORST” LIE ABOUT THE 9/11
TERROR ATTACKS.
• TRUMP CLAIMED DURING A 2016 GOP PRIMARY CAMPAIGN DEBATE
THAT HE LOST “HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS” IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE
TWIN TOWERS
• MSNBC’S LAWRENCE O’DONNELL KNEW HE WAS LYING. HOW?
• “I STILL DIDN’T KNOW HOW MANY FRIENDS DONALD TRUMP
MIGHT HAVE LOST ON 9/11,” O’DONNELL CONTINUED TUESDAY.
“BUT KNOWING THE WAY DONALD TRUMP LIES AS I DO, I
SUSPECTED THEN THAT THE REAL NUMBER WAS ZERO, AND THEN I
CHECKED, AND THE REAL NUMBER WAS ZERO. DONALD TRUMP DID
NOT ATTEND A SINGLE 9/11 FUNERAL, NOT ONE.”
THE BIGGEST LIE OVERALL (CURRENTLY)
• "THIS PAST WEEKEND, TRUMP REPEATED WHAT HAS BECOME ONE
OF THE MORE FRIGHTENINGLY DISHONEST CLAIMS FROM THE
RIGHT LATELY REGARDING ABORTION." THE GUARDIAN
• "TRUMP’S LIES ABOUT ABORTION TAKE AN ALARMING AND
INCENDIARY TURN" - MSNBC
• "TRUMP LETS LOOSE STUNNING FALSEHOOD THAT DOCTORS,
MOTHERS ‘EXECUTE’ BABIES'" - TPM
• "TRUMP'S DESPICABLE LIES ON ABORTION" - HUFFPOST
• "TRUMP HAS A NEW GO-TO LIE ABOUT ABORTION, AND IT'S
HORRIFIC" – MOTHER JONES
WHAT DID TRUMP SAY THAT HAS THEM SO
UPSET?
• “THE BABY IS BORN. THE MOTHER MEETS WITH THE
DOCTOR. THEY TAKE CARE OF THE BABY. THEY WRAP
THE BABY BEAUTIFULLY. AND THEN THE DOCTOR AND
THE MOTHER DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL
EXECUTE THE BABY.” - DONALD TRUMP
WHAT DID VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR RALPH
NORTHAM SAY ?
• "IF A MOTHER IS IN LABOR, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THE INFANT WOULD BE
DELIVERED. THE INFANT WOULD BE KEPT COMFORTABLE.
THE INFANT WOULD BE RESUSCITATED IF THAT’S WHAT
THE MOTHER AND THE FAMILY DESIRED, AND THEN A
DISCUSSION WOULD ENSUE BETWEEN THE PHYSICIANS
AND THE MOTHER." - VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR RALPH
NORTHAM
THE TWO STATEMENTS SIDE BY SIDE
• “THE BABY IS BORN. THE MOTHER MEETS WITH THE DOCTOR. THEY TAKE CARE
OF THE BABY. THEY WRAP THE BABY BEAUTIFULLY. AND THEN THE DOCTOR
AND THE MOTHER DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL EXECUTE THE
BABY.” - DONALD TRUMP
• "IF A MOTHER IS IN LABOR, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THE INFANT WOULD BE DELIVERED. THE INFANT WOULD BE KEPT
COMFORTABLE. THE INFANT WOULD BE RESUSCITATED IF THAT’S WHAT THE
MOTHER AND THE FAMILY DESIRED, AND THEN A DISCUSSION WOULD ENSUE
BETWEEN THE PHYSICIANS AND THE MOTHER." - VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR RALPH
NORTHAM
BOTTOM LINE
• REMEMBER THAT A LIE IS AN INTENTIONAL FALSEHOOD
• 99.99% OF THOSE ON THE LEFT WILL NOT CHECK ANY OF
THESE 'LIES'
• UNFORTUNATELY 95% OF THOSE ON THE RIGHT WON'T
EITHER
• WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT TRUMP LIES "ALL THE
TIME" ASK THEM TO NAME JUST 5. OR 3. ODDS ARE
THEY CANNOT.

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Trump lies

  • 1. TRUMP LIES? HAVE YOU HEARD ANYONE SAY SOMETHING LIKE "TRUMP LIES ALL THE TIME" ?
  • 2. WHAT EVERYONE READS • "THE WHITE HOUSE INCUMBENT HAS TOLD A STAGGERING 10,000 LIES SINCE TAKING OFFICE, SOME BIG, SOME TRIFLING. HERE’S A SELECTION" - THE GUARDIAN • "PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A LIAR. THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT IN CASE YOU’RE STILL SKEPTICAL, THE WASHINGTON POST HAS RECEIPTS. A LOT OF THEM. ON MONDAY, THE PAPER REVEALED THAT, ACCORDING TO THEIR CALCULATIONS, THE PRESIDENT HAS NOW DELIVERED OVER 10,000 FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS SINCE TAKING OFFICE, GOOD FOR AROUND 12 A DAY." - ROLLING STONE • "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS A LIAR. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT." - USA TODAY
  • 3. DEFINITION OF "LIE" ADJECTIVE - THE TELLING OF LIES, OR FALSE STATEMENTS; UNTRUTHFULNESS NOUN - TELLING OR CONTAINING LIES; DELIBERATELY UNTRUTHFUL; DECEITFUL; FALSE: • KEEP THIS IN MIND. THE LEFT CONSISTENTLY USES MISTAKES, JUDGEMENT CALLS AND OPINIONS AS EXAMPLES OF LIES. • AS YOU VIEW JUST THE SAMPLES I HAVE PROVIDED FROM
  • 4. WASHINGTON POST FACT-CHECKER SAYS TRUMP HAS 'NOW HIT 10,000' LIES AS PRESIDENT • THE POST AND NY TIMES COUNT EACH TIME A STATEMENT IS REPEATED. SO IF TRUMP SAYS THE SAME THING 26 TIMES THAT COUNTS AS 26 'LIES' • THERE MAY WELL BE SOME LIES IN THEIR LISTS, BUT THEY WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND BECAUSE OF SO MUCH FLUFF • YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, AND THEY KNOW THAT. THE EXAMPLES THAT FOLLOW WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THEY REACH THAT RIDICULOUS NUMBER.
  • 5. ACTUAL EXAMPLES OF "LIES" FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES "MANY AMERICANS HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIES. BUT AS REGULAR AS THEY HAVE BECOME, THE COUNTRY SHOULD NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO BECOME NUMB TO THEM. SO WE HAVE CATALOGUED NEARLY EVERY OUTRIGHT LIE HE HAS TOLD PUBLICLY SINCE TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE."
  • 6. TRUMP STATEMENT • “A REPORTER FOR TIME MAGAZINE — AND I HAVE BEEN ON THEIR COVER 14 OR 15 TIMES. I THINK WE HAVE THE ALL-TIME RECORD IN THE HISTORY OF TIME MAGAZINE.” FACT • TRUMP HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE COVER 11 TIMES.
  • 7. TRUMP STATEMENT ON INAURAGUATION • NOW, THE AUDIENCE WAS THE BIGGEST EVER. BUT THIS CROWD WAS MASSIVE. LOOK HOW FAR BACK IT GOES. THIS CROWD WAS MASSIVE.” FACT • CONGRESS HAS PROHIBITED THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FROM MAKING OFFICIAL ESTIMATES AFTER IT PRODUCED AN OFFICIAL ESTIMATE THAT 460,000 TURNED OUT FOR THE SO-CALLED “MILLION MAN MARCH” IN 1995 • FROM TRUMP'S VIEWPOINT, HE SAW PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT • FACTCHECK.ORG FINAL CONCLUSION - "DOES ALL THAT ADD UP TO THE MOST VIEWED INAUGURATION IN HISTORY? MAYBE, BUT
  • 8. TRUMP STATEMENT ON OBAMACARE JANUARY 25, 2017 • “YOU HAD MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT NOW AREN'T INSURED ANYMORE.” (BECAUSE OF OBAMACARE) FACT • NBC NEWS REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 50 PERCENT AND 75 PERCENT OF THE 14 MILLION WHO BUY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE WOULD LIKELY RECEIVE A CANCELLATION NOTICE OVER 2014 BECAUSE THEIR PLANS DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACA.[3] • CBS NEWS REPORTED THAT MORE THAN TWO MILLION AMERICANS WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT RENEW THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES FOR 2014
  • 9. TRUMP STATEMENT ON LETTING IN ALIENS, JANUARY 26 2017 • “WE'VE TAKEN IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM. THEY CAN SAY THEY VET THEM. THEY DIDN'T VET THEM. THEY HAVE NO PAPERS. HOW CAN YOU VET SOMEBODY WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM AND YOU HAVE NO PAPERS? HOW DO YOU VET THEM? YOU CAN'T.” FACT • THIS IS OBVIOUSLY TRUE. NYT'S ONLY REASON GIVEN FOR WHY THEY DECLARED IT FALSE? "VETTING LASTS UP TO TWO YEARS." SO FOR TWO YEARS WE HAVE UNVETTED PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY.
  • 10. TRUMP STATEMENT JANUARY 26, 2017 • “I CUT OFF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF ONE PARTICULAR PLANE, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT WASN'T LIKE I SPENT, LIKE, WEEKS, HOURS, LESS THAN HOURS, AND MANY, MANY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND THE PLANE'S GOING TO BE BETTER.” FACT • THIS IS ALSO TRUE. NYT'S ONLY REASON GIVEN FOR WHY THEY DECLARED IT FALSE? "MOST OF THE CUTS WERE ALREADY PLANNED."
  • 11. TRUMP STATEMENT FEB 3, 2017, ON RIOTS AFTER ELECTION • “PROFESSIONAL ANARCHISTS, THUGS AND PAID PROTESTERS ARE PROVING THE POINT OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” FACT • TO PROVE THAT THIS IS A LIE, THE NYT ONLY STATES THAT "THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PAID PROTESTORS" • INDICTMENT FROM ROBERT MUELLER – THE RUSSIANS ORGANIZED A NOV. 12 2016 “TRUMP IS NOT MY PRESIDENT” RALLY IN NEW YORK. • "MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I DEMANDED THAT GEORGE SOROS PAY ME THE MONEY I WAS OWED FOR FOMENTING PROTESTS AROUND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S ELECTION. I STILL HAVE YET TO SEE A SINGLE DIME" - EMILIANO GOODMAN
  • 12. TRUMP STATEMENT FEBRUARY 7, 2017 • “AND YET THE MURDER RATE IN OUR COUNTRY IS THE HIGHEST IT’S BEEN IN 47 YEARS, RIGHT? DID YOU KNOW THAT? FORTY- SEVEN YEARS.” FACT • SNOPES - "IT’S LIKELY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ERRED BY CONFLATING THE MURDER RATE ITSELF WITH THE SIZE OF THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE IN THE MURDER RATE." IN OTHER SPEECHES GIVEN ON THE SAME TOPIC AT THE SAME TIME TRUMP SAID THAT THE MURDER RATE HAS HAD LARGEST INCREASE IN 45 YEARS, WHICH THEY HAVE TO ADMIT IS ACCURATE.
  • 13. TRUMP STATEMENT - MAY 4, 2017 • “WE'RE THE HIGHEST-TAXED DEVELOPED NATION IN THE WORLD, PROBABLY THE HIGHEST-TAXED NATION IN THE WORLD.” FACT • BUSINESS INSIDER - "TRUMP IS RIGHT THAT THE US'S 35% STATUTORY CORPORATE TAX RATE IS THE HIGHEST AMONG THE 35 MAJOR DEVELOPED ECONOMIES ... . TRUMP'S PLAN TO CUT IT TO 15% WOULD TIE THE US FOR THE FOURTH LOWEST." • (NYT ACTUALLY LISTS THIS ONE 10 DIFFERENT TIMES ON THEIR SITE)
  • 14. TRUMP STATEMENT - JULY 25, 2017 • “WE HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF VETERANS GIVEN APPROVALS TO SEE THE DOCTOR OF THEIR CHOICE.” (SPECIFIC NUMBER HE GAVE WAS 42%) FACT • IN ONE SPECIFIC PROGRAM (THE "CHOICE" PROGRAM) THE INCREASE WAS ONLY 35%, WHICH IS WHY NYT CALLED THIS A LIE. • BUT, IF LOOKING AT ALL COMMUNITY-CARE PROGRAMS FOR VETS, THE NUMBER IS EXACTLY ACCURATE
  • 15. TRUMP STATEMENT - AUGUST 3, 2017 • “OR LET THEM LOOK AT THE URANIUM SHE SOLD THAT IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF VERY ANGRY RUSSIANS.” FACT • NYT REASON FOR CALLING IT A LIE - "THERE'S NO EVIDENCE HILLARY CLINTON WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE SALE."
  • 16. WASHINGTON POST "PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE 3,251 FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS IN 497 DAYS." WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 'LIES' THEY FOUND?
  • 17. TRUMP STATEMENT • “COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME, BUT THAT DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COLLUSION (EXCEPT BY CROOKED HILLARY AND THE DEMOCRATS)!” • COLLUSION IS A CRIME UNDER ANTITRUST LAWS. BUT COLLUSION IN THAT CONTEXT REFERS TO COMPANIES SECRETLY WORKING TOGETHER IN PRICE-FIXING OR BID-RIGGING SCHEMES THAT ILLEGALLY MANIPULATE THE FREE MARKET. SINCE THE ACCUSATION IS ELECTION RIGGING, NOT PRICE FIXING AT ISSUE HERE, THAT LEGAL DEFINITION DOESN'T APPLY.
  • 18. TRUMP STATEMENT • SAID THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL EVEN THOUGH THE SUPREME COURT, IN AN OPINION WRITTEN BY CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN G. ROBERTS JR., SAID IT PASSED CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER. • I THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE SUPREME COURT HAS MADE A NUMBER OF BAD DECISIONS, MANY LATER REVERSED.
  • 19. TRUMP STATEMENT • “ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED GREAT BORDER SECURITY IS THAT MEXICO’S MURDER RATE IN 2017 INCREASED BY 27% TO 31,174 PEOPLE KILLED, A RECORD! THE DEMOCRATS WANT OPEN BORDERS. I WANT MAXIMUM BORDER SECURITY AND RESPECT FOR ICE AND OUR GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS!” ONLY REASON POST GIVES AS TO WHY IT IS A 'LIE' • UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION FROM MEXICO HAS BEEN NEGATIVE FOR 10 YEARS. SERIOUSLY - THAT IS THE ONLY 'PROOF' THAT THEY GIVE. • "[MEXICO] HAD 31,174 HOMICIDES IN 2017, THE INEGI REPORTS. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 27% COMPARED WITH 2016, WHICH SAW 24,559 HOMICIDES." - CNN
  • 20. TRUMP STATEMENT, JULY 2018 • “LAST QUARTER, AS YOU KNOW, OUR GDP GREW 4.1 PERCENT AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO GO A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT. ... $52 BILLION TRADE DEFICIT REDUCTION.” REASON POST GIVES AS TO WHY IT IS A 'LIE' • "EXPERTS EXPECT THE TREND TO BE REVERSED IN THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT." • ("FINAL READING ON Q2 GDP CONFIRMS 4.2% GAIN, THE FASTEST RISE IN NEARLY FOUR YEARS" - CNBC, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018. YET THIS 'LIE' IS STILL LISTED.)
  • 21. TRUMP STATEMENT • “SINCE THE ELECTION WE HAVE ADDED 3.7 MILLION NEW JOBS” REASON POST GIVES AS TO WHY IT IS A 'LIE' • TRUMP CITES HOW MANY JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED SINCE THE ELECTION, BUT NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. JUST OVER 3.2 MILLION JOBS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ECONOMY SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE. AGAIN, NOTICE THAT THEY ARE NOT JUDGING WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID! HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE A LIE?
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  • 24. CNN - FACT-CHECKING TRUMP'S CLAIMS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME FROM THE SPEECH HE GAVE TO THE NRA LAST WEEK HERE ARE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THEY HAVE LISTED AS LIES....
  • 25. CNN - FACT- CHECKING TRUMP'S CLAIMS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME FROM NRA SPEECH LAST WEEK HTTPS://WWW.CNN.COM/201 9/04/26/POLITICS/DONALD-
  • 26. TRUMP - WHEN I TOOK OFFICE TWO YEARS AGO ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITIES WAS TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME. IN THE TWO YEARS BEFORE MY INAUGURATION THE MURDER RATE HAD INCREASED BY MORE
  • 27. CNN - FBI DATA DID REPORT A 20% RISE IN HOMICIDES IN THE LARGEST CITIES OVER THE COURSE OF 2015 AND 2016. AND THERE WAS A SHARP INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN PERCENTAGE TERMS BETWEEN 2014 AND
  • 28. CNN - BUT OVERALL, VIOLENT CRIME AND HOMICIDE RATES CONTINUED TO STAY AT NEAR HISTORICAL LOWS THROUGH 2016, ACCORDING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE.
  • 29. TRUMP - "WE CHARGED A RECORD NUMBER OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS AND LAST YEAR WE PROSECUTED THE MOST VIOLENT CRIMINALS EVER IN OUR HISTORY AND
  • 30. CNN - VIOLENT CRIME RATES WERE DOWN IN 2017 COMPARED WITH 2016, BUT SOME CRIMES CONSIDERED VIOLENT, SUCH AS RAPE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, WERE ON
  • 31. CNN - TRUMP WOULD BE RIGHT IN SAYING THAT VIOLENT CRIME IN 2017 WAS DECLINING OVERALL COMPARED TO 2016, ACCORDING TO FBI STATISTICS. HOWEVER, IT AGAIN - That is NOT what he said!
  • 32. TRUMP - "MURDERS IN AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES DROPPED BY 6% BETWEEN 2017 AND 2018. BUT I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN CHICAGO? WHAT IS
  • 33. CNN - HOMICIDE IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN SOME OF AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES LAST YEAR AND CHICAGO IS ONE OF THEM
  • 34. CNN - THE MURDER RATE IN 30 OF THE US'S LARGEST CITIES DECLINED BY NEARLY 6% BETWEEN 2017 AND 2018.
  • 35. CNN - HOWEVER, TRUMP'S SINGLING OUT OF CHICAGO SUGGESTS A HIGH OR INCREASING HOMICIDE RATE -- AND THAT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY FACTS.
  • 36. TRUMP - "THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY (IN 2017), I'M SO HAPPY TO REPORT, IS DOWN 21% COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE."
  • 37. "TRUMP LOVES TO SAY HE MAY NOT LEAVE OFFICE AFTER TWO TERMS, AND IT’S DANGEROUS" - ROLLING STONE, JUNE 16, 2019 "... the president also floated the idea of staying in office longer that what is constitutionally allowable"What did he actually say? A poll should be done on which is the more dishonest and deceitful newspaper, the Failing New York Times or the Amazon (lobbyist) Washington Post! They are both a disgrace to our Country, the Enemy of the People, but I just can’t seem to figure out which is worse? The good news is that at the end of 6 years, after America has been made GREAT again and I leave the beautiful White House (do you think the people would demand that I stay longer? KEEP AMERICA GREAT), both of these horrible papers will quickly go out of business & be forever gone!
  • 38. CNN - THE NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IS DECREASING.
  • 39. CNN - TRUMP IS RIGHT ... HOWEVER, NUMBERS HAVE NOT GONE BACK TO 2015 LEVELS, AGAIN - That is NOT what he said!
  • 40. PRESIDENT’S “WORST” LIE ABOUT THE 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS. • TRUMP CLAIMED DURING A 2016 GOP PRIMARY CAMPAIGN DEBATE THAT HE LOST “HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS” IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE TWIN TOWERS • MSNBC’S LAWRENCE O’DONNELL KNEW HE WAS LYING. HOW? • “I STILL DIDN’T KNOW HOW MANY FRIENDS DONALD TRUMP MIGHT HAVE LOST ON 9/11,” O’DONNELL CONTINUED TUESDAY. “BUT KNOWING THE WAY DONALD TRUMP LIES AS I DO, I SUSPECTED THEN THAT THE REAL NUMBER WAS ZERO, AND THEN I CHECKED, AND THE REAL NUMBER WAS ZERO. DONALD TRUMP DID NOT ATTEND A SINGLE 9/11 FUNERAL, NOT ONE.”
  • 41. THE BIGGEST LIE OVERALL (CURRENTLY) • "THIS PAST WEEKEND, TRUMP REPEATED WHAT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MORE FRIGHTENINGLY DISHONEST CLAIMS FROM THE RIGHT LATELY REGARDING ABORTION." THE GUARDIAN • "TRUMP’S LIES ABOUT ABORTION TAKE AN ALARMING AND INCENDIARY TURN" - MSNBC • "TRUMP LETS LOOSE STUNNING FALSEHOOD THAT DOCTORS, MOTHERS ‘EXECUTE’ BABIES'" - TPM • "TRUMP'S DESPICABLE LIES ON ABORTION" - HUFFPOST • "TRUMP HAS A NEW GO-TO LIE ABOUT ABORTION, AND IT'S HORRIFIC" – MOTHER JONES
  • 42. WHAT DID TRUMP SAY THAT HAS THEM SO UPSET? • “THE BABY IS BORN. THE MOTHER MEETS WITH THE DOCTOR. THEY TAKE CARE OF THE BABY. THEY WRAP THE BABY BEAUTIFULLY. AND THEN THE DOCTOR AND THE MOTHER DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL EXECUTE THE BABY.” - DONALD TRUMP
  • 43. WHAT DID VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM SAY ? • "IF A MOTHER IS IN LABOR, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THE INFANT WOULD BE DELIVERED. THE INFANT WOULD BE KEPT COMFORTABLE. THE INFANT WOULD BE RESUSCITATED IF THAT’S WHAT THE MOTHER AND THE FAMILY DESIRED, AND THEN A DISCUSSION WOULD ENSUE BETWEEN THE PHYSICIANS AND THE MOTHER." - VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM
  • 44. THE TWO STATEMENTS SIDE BY SIDE • “THE BABY IS BORN. THE MOTHER MEETS WITH THE DOCTOR. THEY TAKE CARE OF THE BABY. THEY WRAP THE BABY BEAUTIFULLY. AND THEN THE DOCTOR AND THE MOTHER DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL EXECUTE THE BABY.” - DONALD TRUMP • "IF A MOTHER IS IN LABOR, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THE INFANT WOULD BE DELIVERED. THE INFANT WOULD BE KEPT COMFORTABLE. THE INFANT WOULD BE RESUSCITATED IF THAT’S WHAT THE MOTHER AND THE FAMILY DESIRED, AND THEN A DISCUSSION WOULD ENSUE BETWEEN THE PHYSICIANS AND THE MOTHER." - VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM
  • 45. BOTTOM LINE • REMEMBER THAT A LIE IS AN INTENTIONAL FALSEHOOD • 99.99% OF THOSE ON THE LEFT WILL NOT CHECK ANY OF THESE 'LIES' • UNFORTUNATELY 95% OF THOSE ON THE RIGHT WON'T EITHER • WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT TRUMP LIES "ALL THE TIME" ASK THEM TO NAME JUST 5. OR 3. ODDS ARE THEY CANNOT.