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My Trumpie kid asked me today, "what does Trump lie about?" Now this convo is going on by text. I need a concise list of trump lies so I can email it to him... Thanks.
pandr32
(11,583 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Voltaire2
(13,033 posts)For example:
AUG 27 2020
America has tested more [for the novel coronavirus] than every country in Europe put together, and more than every nation in the Western Hemisphere combined. We have conducted 40 million more tests than the next closest nation.
Repeated 72 times
leftofthestorm
(938 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)Trump lie about?" is like CDC asking which part of the Pacific Ocean is the wettest.
Deacon Blue
(252 posts)Go check out Paul Krugmans NYT op ed from this morning: Lies, Damn Lies and Trump Rallies. Has a few recent whoppers.
On Monday, campaigning in Pennsylvania, Trump repeatedly claimed that thanks to the states Democratic governor, You cant go to church. Thousands of churchgoing Pennsylvanians know that this simply isnt true.
On Wednesday, campaigning in Arizona, Trump went on a rant about California, where you have a special mask. You cannot under any circumstances take it off. You have to eat through the mask. Right, right, Charlie? Its a very complex mechanism. As 39 million California residents can tell you, nothing remotely like that exists.
samsingh
(17,598 posts)covid is going away by the Spring --- the hot summer --- .....
Mexico is going to pay for the wall
i didn't pay hush money to stormy daniels about our affair
there are 20,000+ lies
bottomofthehill
(8,329 posts)From before he was running to now. It is amazing.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-954
crickets
(25,980 posts)I'll add another:
https://www.factcheck.org/person/donald-trump/
bottomofthehill
(8,329 posts)And I am still trying to digest the whole thing. It really is stunning when you see it all in chronological order.
CaptainTruth
(6,591 posts)In 1,316 days, President
Trump has made
22,247 false or
misleading claims
The Fact Checkers ongoing database of the false or misleading claims made by President Trump since assuming office.
[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/|]
There's also this WaPo article from Oct 22:
Trump is averaging more than 50 false or misleading claims a day
[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/22/president-trump-is-averaging-more-than-50-false-or-misleading-claims-day/|]
In 2017, Trumps first year as president, he averaged six claims a day. That jumped to 16 a day in 2018 and 22 in 2019. So far in 2020, the president has averaged 27 claims a day.
So far during his presidency, Trumps most repeated claim (lie) 407 times is that the U.S. economy today is the best in history. That's not true.
Trumps second-most-repeated claim 262 times is that his border wall is being built. It's not.
Trump has falsely said 232 times that he passed the biggest tax cut in history. He didn't.
And on & on the list goes...
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)Trump - The content of his character
- Trump led a movement proclaiming that Barack Obama wasnt born in the United States, isnt Christian and also that he didnt go to Harvard. He did acknowledge that he was wrong, but he has never apologized. https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-birther/index.html
- Trump claims 68 floors in Trump Tower despite there being only 58. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tower-is-not-as-tall-as-trump-says-2016-10
- Trump has told the American people multiple times he will reveal his tax returns once his audit ends. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/politics/trump-taxes.html
- Trump claims that Democrats will legalize abortion after the birth of the child. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/politics/trump-abortion-fact-check.html
- Trump has said that the Moon is part of Mars. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-criticizes-his-administrations-promotion-of-returning-to-the-moon-before-exploring-mars/2019/06/07/b28656b6-894f-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html
- Trump has said F35 stealth fighter jets and the stealth bombers are invisible where people cant see them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
- Trump asked if he could nuke hurricanes https://www.axios.com/trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes-97231f38-2394-4120-a3fa-8c9cf0e3f51c.html
- Trump claims Covid 19 is a Hoax
- Trump claims Global warming is a hoax. https://time.com/5622374/donald-trump-climate-change-hoax-event/
- Trump claims He won the war on Christmas https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-declares-victory-in-the-war-on-christmas-its-all-merry-christmas-again
- Trump claims He won the war on Thanksgiving https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/27/trumps-claim-war-thanksgiving-is-absurd-also-sinister/
- Trump claims Windmills cause cancer.
- Trump claims to have passed the Veterans Choice Act although it was passed in 2014 by bipartisan congressional votes and signed by President Obama. Trump did expand the program making more veterans eligible AP FACT CHECK: Trump takes credit for Obama's gains for vets
- Trump claims Deep state at DOJ, FDA, state department. AP FACT CHECK: Trump's baseless claim of 'deep state' at FDA
- Bleach, sun lamps, hydroxycloriquin As treatment for Covid Experts Warn Against Inhaling Bleach After Trump Comments | Time
- Trump actually said Slow the testing down please 0:59Trump: 'I said to my people, slow the testing down, please'YouTube · CGTNJun 21, 2020
- California can rake the Forest floors to prevent Forrest fires.
- Earth is cleaner now than in its history. Trump says 'air and water are the cleanest they've ever been' in US | TheHill
- Trump said that the he is an environmental expert. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/24/trumps-unsupported-claim-he-has-received-awards-on-the-environment/
- No one knows the Bible more than Trump
- Trump claims Trump reads more than most people. https://www.newsweek.com/sarah-sanders-donald-trump-reading-1473850
- Here are The books that he has read. A look at Trump's reading habits through the years - CNN Vide
- Trump claims Mexico will pay for the wall. https://fortune.com/2018/12/13/trump-mexico-border-wall/
- Trump has said Joe Biden will hurt God and the Bible
- The Pope has said that Trump is not a Christian. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-calls-donald-trumps-border-wall-
- Trump actually said I have great respect for the U.K. United Kingdom. Great respect. People call it Britain. They call it Great Britain. They used to call it England, different parts."https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1025166892468789248
- Trump used money donations of others to his foundation to buy portraits of himself. https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-judge-orders-trump-to-personally-pay-2-million-to-settle-new-york-suit-11573153976
- Trump started a fake University to be used as a scam. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-is-in-advanced-talks-to-settle-trump-university-fraud-allegations-1479488654
- Trump said that his fingers are long and beautiful just like other parts of his body- on national TV.
- Trump doesnt know how Tariffs work. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbrinkley/2019/08/12/trump-still-doesnt-know-who-pays-tariffs/
- And we have imported more goods into the USA than in any time in history. https://fortune.com/2019/03/06/us-trade-deficit-record-high/
- Trump said that California should rake the Forrest floors to prevent Forrest fires.
- Trump suggest delaying the election.
- Trump defunded the 9-11 first responders healthcare fund of $4 million. Trump admin admits defunding FDNYs 9/11 healthcare program - New York Daily News
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)"Well, Donald Trump finally got his wall.
As we barrel ahead toward election day, a new installation put up in Soho takes 20,000 false and misleading statements from President Trump and fashions them together to create a massive, 100-foot long mural full of his quotes. (The lies included in the piece were all documented and fact-checked by The Washington Post.)
In fact, this isnt the first time the mendacious mural has been erected in the city. On October 3, Radio Free Brooklyn installed the first iteration of the piece in Bushwick outside of Pine Box Rock Shop. That first piece drew media attention, and even a visit from Senator Chuck Schumer, but was subsequently defaced with an assortment of pro-Trump slogans including Vote Trump or Die and Stand Back and Stand By.
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Not willing to let that act of vandalism silence them, the organizers behind the mural launched a fundraising campaign to create a new mural. After raising over $4,000, the team was able to install a new piece thats twice the size of the original on the corner of Lafayette and Grand Sts. in Manhattan.
The thousands of lies included in the installation are helpfully categorized by color-coded topics. All the greatest hits are there including Russia, Coronavirus, Ukraine, Taxes, Immigration and more. Check out the new public artwork for yourself and, if you havent already, dont forget to make a plan to vote in next weeks general election."
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)highplainsdem
(48,977 posts)leftofthestorm
(938 posts)Thanks so much!
MissMillie
(38,557 posts)Hope this helps
(There's also a CNN YouTube Video--the one with all the gumballs...
here: