Donald Trump's speech on Hillary Clinton filled with distortions
Source: cbs
Donald Trump's speech on Hillary Clinton filled with distortions
Last Updated Jun 23, 2016 12:30 AM EDT
WASHINGTON Donald Trump's fierce denunciation of Hillary Clinton on Wednesday was rife with distortion.
He accused Clinton of announcing a withdrawal from Iraq that wasn't on her watch, pulled numbers out of nowhere on her plan for refugees and went beyond the established facts behind the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya in stating starkly that she "left him there to die." In doing so, he assigned her far more influence in the world than she exercised as secretary of
A look at some of his assertions and how they stack up with the facts:
TRUMP: "In just four years, ..............
THE FACTS: These statements make only passing acquaintance with reality.
There was no U.S. invasion of Libya. ............................
And she had nothing to do with the "disastrous strategy" of giving a departure date from Iraq. It was the George W. Bush administration that announced the planned withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2008...............................
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"falsely"
"misleadingly"
"without any evidence"
"overstated"
"falsely"
"falsely"
"falsely"
"no evidence"
"wrongly"
Jesse Lehrich added,
the @factcheckdotorg summary of Trump's speech today is amazing. http://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/trumps-attack-on-clintons-character/?platform=hootsuite
OnDoutside
(19,986 posts)The facts: According to PolitiFact, 59% of Trump's checked claims have been deemed false or "Pants on Fire" false, versus 12% for Clinton.
Donald Trump:
True: 2%
Mostly True: 7%
Half True: 15%
Mostly False: 17%
False: 40%
Pants on Fire: 19%
Hillary Clinton:
True: 23%
Mostly True: 28%
Half True: 21%
Mostly False: 15%
False: 11%
Pants on Fire: 1%
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... that comes out of that idiot's mouth is a distortion of reality.
OnDoutside
(19,986 posts)lark
(23,191 posts)Still have a bad taste in my mouth. It was truly sickening. All they talked about was Donald managed to read a speech without getting sidetracked. That's it. Donald acted like a politician and they were all swooning, totally. Not one thing was said about the actual content of the speech, just that he could read a prepared speech. Wow, he's got the skills of a 5th grader, AMAZING!! They totally ignored that the speech, such as it was, was nothing more than a pile of dog crap lies.
OnDoutside
(19,986 posts)Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)
I can't remember ever seeing her really contradict him. Joe represents "balance" on MSNBC, I guess, but I don't
really believe we need total stupidity in the mix in the name of "fairness."
bucolic_frolic
(43,476 posts)MOST EVER GREATEST LEAST NEVER
No shades of gray
and a sign of limited intelligence
niyad
(113,860 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Really though, I'm glad there are people on top of this, because really, how many of us have the time to debunk all his bullshit? It's a full time job.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)I could do this.
Kingofalldems
(38,508 posts)forest444
(5,902 posts)Boy, there are con-men - and then there's Trump.
fasttense
(17,301 posts)The man doesn't know the difference between a fact and a lie.
But if he had compared her to a llama, then we would know for certain he was bashing Hillary.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,506 posts)spews there are going to be some of those that are on the fence as to which way to vote that will
believe some of this swill
Beacool
(30,254 posts)Just a slight correction. The word is "cojones". "Cajones" are either boxes or the drawers in a bureau.
Beacool
(30,254 posts)3/4 of what Trump says on any subject is either half false or completely false.
The guy is a con man, he lies as easily as he breathes.
Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)Trump is a world class lier. Of-course the facts support her summation of Trump.
So I'm a lier,so what ?
If I say it's a hole in one,it is because I own the golf course !
Dump Trump !
ailsagirl
(22,907 posts)To dumdum's followers, facts matter not a bit.
I think he's mental-- really
Cha
(298,017 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Response to riversedge (Original post)
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rladdi
(581 posts)Then he had a crews trashing Dan Rather, who was accurate in his account, BTW. But the ignorant tend to believe the Republicans for some reason. The ignorant have no thinking power, to odl and senile, and really care less about America
Trump had no clue while in Scotland about what had happened in the UK. NO CLUE. He is more concerned about promoting his properties anyway.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)would realize the agreement to withdraw troops from Iraq was requested by Iraq, signed off on by Bush, and implemented by Obama.