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Fact Checker: President Trump made 19,127 false or misleading claims in 1,226 days
Washington Post ^ | June 1, 2020 | Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, Meg Kelly

Posted on 06/01/2020 11:10:56 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

It’s no longer a question as to whether President Trump will exceed 20,000 false or misleading claims by the time his current term is completed. Instead, we have to ask: Will he top 25,000?

As of May 29, his 1,226th day in office, Trump had made 19,127 false or misleading claims, according to the Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement he has uttered. That’s almost 16 claims a day over the course of his presidency. So far this year, he’s averaging just over 22 claims a day, similar to the pace he set in 2019.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: factcheck; lies; mediabias; trump
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"Trump’s most repeated claim — 334 times — is that the U.S. economy today is the best in history. "

What crap. So Trump is trying to build up peoples' outlook which in turn fuels the economy.

1 posted on 06/01/2020 11:10:56 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

who checks their fact checkers?


2 posted on 06/01/2020 11:13:14 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Somebody should fact check NBC, CNN, etc. I bet they are each well over 20,000 false or misleading claims in the same time period.


3 posted on 06/01/2020 11:13:19 AM PDT by NEMDF
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"President Trump made 19,127 false or misleading claims statements that hurt our narrative or our feelings in 1,226 days"
4 posted on 06/01/2020 11:13:24 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

If the President were a Democrat, WaPo would be going out its way to explain how all these statements were actually true.


5 posted on 06/01/2020 11:13:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The Bezos ComPost/CCP rag has zero credibility.


6 posted on 06/01/2020 11:14:08 AM PDT by newfreep
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That’s less than the average politician.
What a joke. This is series urinalism?


7 posted on 06/01/2020 11:15:00 AM PDT by Oldexpat (Stand strong VA.)
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To: NEMDF

“””””’Somebody should fact check NBC, CNN, etc. I bet they are each well over 20,000 false or misleading claims in the same time period.”””””””””””

They do that in ONE DAY.


8 posted on 06/01/2020 11:15:34 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

WP is a front for radicals.


9 posted on 06/01/2020 11:16:02 AM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: manc

World-o-meter.


10 posted on 06/01/2020 11:16:47 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

A Washington Compost article = FAKE NEWS!

NEED I SAY MORE?


11 posted on 06/01/2020 11:17:19 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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Is Trump’s claim that he was spied on still listed as a lie?


12 posted on 06/01/2020 11:18:19 AM PDT by bhl
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To: NEMDF

Pure BS........did they ever count Obama’s baffelgabs?


13 posted on 06/01/2020 11:18:58 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Yellow Journalism from the Pravda Presstitutes.

How many of their journalists slept with State sources?

How many of their journalists willingly spread misinformation planted by the FBI and CIA to take down the Trump Administration.

WashPoo is fake news


14 posted on 06/01/2020 11:19:35 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

False or misleading. Emphasis on the word OR. Also claims as opposed to statements. Checking as opposed to verifying. Or disproving. They use words like baseless, unsubstantiated, debunked, and unproven to refer to anything they don’t approve of.


15 posted on 06/01/2020 11:19:36 AM PDT by webheart (Coronavirus, I give up. Come get me.)
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Maybe the rioters in DC will burn the Compost.


16 posted on 06/01/2020 11:19:46 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: manc

LIARS, LIARS, LIARS

HATERS, HATERS, HATERS

I DON’T CARE ANYMORE! I GUESS I’M STUCK WITH BEING WHAT AND WHO I AM.


17 posted on 06/01/2020 11:19:48 AM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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Well, sooo... where are the Obama stats? Or stats on any other politician? Even if you’re a never-Trumper, this is dumb.


18 posted on 06/01/2020 11:21:00 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: bhl

excellent point. my bet it has not been removed... for at the time, president trump did not know it was true.


19 posted on 06/01/2020 11:22:03 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Wait, I thought truth mattered more than facts, Wapo?

But yeah, Trump hating has become such a fashionable business model with the masses.......


20 posted on 06/01/2020 11:23:26 AM PDT by cranked
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