Posted on 02/05/2020 3:10:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON -- The great American comeback President Donald Trump claimed in his State of the Union speech drew on falsehoods about U.S. energy supremacy, health care and the economy as well as distortions about his predecessors record.
In arguing, in essence, that he has made America great again, Trump took credit for an energy boom that actually began under Barack Obama in an assertion he recycled from his last State of the Union address. He inflated manufacturing gains, misrepresented policy on migrant detention and glossed over a rate of economic growth that has yet to reach the scale he promised.
A look at some of his statements Tuesday night and how they compare with the facts:
IMMIGRATION
TRUMP: Before I came into office, if you showed up illegally on our southern border and were arrested, you were simply released and allowed into our country, never to be seen again. My administration has ended catch-and-release. If you come illegally, you will now be promptly removed.
THE FACTS: Not true. Under previous administrations, Mexicans were quickly returned back over the U.S.-Mexico border, while others were held in detention until they were deported. Some migrants from other countries were released into the interior of the United States to wait out their immigration cases.
And despite Trumps claims that all migrants are now promptly removed, there is a 1 million immigration court case backlog, which means many migrants wait up to three years before a court hearing before a judge who will determine whether someone is deported. And after a judge rules a migrant deported, travel papers must be obtained, which often leads to further delays.
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AP...Absolutely Pathetic.
We need to “fact check” the “fact checkers”.
A P
Fact check...
Is that accurate?
No!
Its really
F U
America
Go to hell F U
These same AP A$$WIPES covered for the Kenyan!
Too, another 3 author article
They can cherry-pick whichever statements they want, but generationally low unemployment doesnt lie, nor do all-time lows of black, Hispanic and Asian unemployment.
This “fact check” looks very fiskable to me, judging by the excerpt.
Sure, like for the first time ever the MSM is not going to lie to us?
The first “fact check” rebuttal we can do is the energy boom starting under 0bama. Technically speaking that is true but the reality is it happened DESPITE 0bama not BECAUSE of him.
And this article illustrates why Trump has so effectively labeled the MSM as fake news. The MSM has been lying and spinning forever—such a shame, since they could be such a force for good if they would just stop propagandizing and distribute the truth, and nothing but.
only fact I am interested in is Pelosi’s little temper tantrum!
ROFL
Hyundai stopped car production yesterday at their Korean plants due to supply chain problems. I wonder how long before that ripples here.
“Trump took credit for an energy boom that actually began under Barack Obama in an assertion he recycled from his last State of the Union address.”
Yeah - it started DESPITE Obama’s efforts to stop it and keeps getting better under President Trump.
That’s my point and Hyundai sends finished products here or they send parts from Hyundai Korea such as transmissions to their factories here in the US. But some of those parts come from subparts supplied from Chinese lines.
The supply lines are America’s Businesses’ Achille’s heel.
My life in high tech hasn’t been this good since ‘98.
THE REAL FACTS: Northern NJ (Northern NJ!) is overrun with little communities of Mexicans who have taken over low-class motels &c. They weren't here 30 years ago.
ML/NJ
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