Posted on 10/19/2020 4:05:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Back fully campaigning after COVID-19 sidelined him, President Donald Trump returned to familiar form, spreading a litany of falsehoods.
Over the weekend, he asserted yet again the virus was “rounding the corner” when it isn’t, misrepresented Democratic rival Joe Biden’s tax proposals and resurrected unfounded claims about Biden and the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, in Ukraine.
A look:
TAXES and ECONOMY
TRUMP, in all capital letters: “Sleepy Joe Biden is proposing the biggest tax hike in our country’s history!” - tweet Saturday.
THE FACTS: It wouldn’t be the biggest.
Biden’s proposal would raise as much as $3.7 trillion in new revenue over a decade.
TRUMP: “We had the greatest economy in the history of our country.” - NBC town hall in Miami on Thursday.
THE FACTS: No, the numbers show it wasn’t the greatest in U.S. history.
TRUMP on Joe Biden and Ukraine: “I never had a quid pro quo. How about this quid pro quo? ‘We’re not going to give you the billion dollars unless you get rid of the prosecutor ... Stop investigating my son.’
THE FACTS: Trump is repeating a false claim alleging that Biden as vice president pressed to have a prosecutor fired while the prosecutor was investigating Burisma.
ELECTION FRAUD
TRUMP: “When I see thousands of ballots dumped in a garbage can and they happen to have my name on it? I’m not happy about it.” — Miami forum.
THE FACTS: Nobody has seen that.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
is it not time to shut down AP and CNN when
they knowingly lie?
are they not FEARLESS at crying FIRE!!!!
in a locked down country?
has there not been NO accountability to the MSM
for lying for 4+ years?
would there be accountability against YOU for lying
for 4 years??????????????
This is not fact checking; it’s just contradiction. We disagree with Trump, therefore he is wrong. No further information is required.
Who fact checks the fact checkers? When is the Ass Press going to fact check Joe?
I seem to have missed AP’s fact-check on Biden...
TRUMP on Joe Biden and Ukraine: “I never had a quid pro quo. How about this quid pro quo? ‘We’re not going to give you the billion dollars unless you get rid of the prosecutor ... Stop investigating my son.’
THE FACTS: Trump is repeating a false claim alleging that Biden as vice president pressed to have a prosecutor fired while the prosecutor was investigating Burisma.
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So the video of Biden bragging about having the guy removed was coerced?
TRUMP: “When I see thousands of ballots dumped in a garbage can and they happen to have my name on it? I’m not happy about it.” — Miami forum.
THE FACTS: Nobody has seen that.
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Now seen in several states
In some cases, quibbling.
In others, lying outright.
Precisely.
Reprinting AssPress propaganda is not helpful. I really believe that it’s time for conservatives to rethink the approach to dealing with the media. We all know that the “mainstream” corporate media is controlled by Soros and the DNC. They are the Pravda of the west. It’s time to stop giving them the credibility and attention that they crave. We need to stop giving them attention, clicks and readers. We need to treat them like the propaganda outlets that they are. Whenever someone posts an excerpt from one of these outlets, the response should be ridicule and laughter and a refusal to treat it as a legitimate source of news.
No more commentary, no more debunking.
Just ridicule.
We wouldn’t debunk a weekly world news article, we should treat these modern propagandists the same and quit spreading their droppings here and elsewhere.
AP is merely denying, not fact-checking.
Pretty much nails it.
“...he asserted yet again the virus was “rounding the corner” when it isn’t”
That right there is an opinion, not a fact. No one knows when a vaccine will be available. It could come as early as next month, or late Spring. Either way, it IS rounding the corner.
For them to say categorically that it isn’t, makes them look like the liars.
I have no idea what this is about.
Has AP ever mentioned anything about all the lies and distortions that Biden makes?
Is this the Babylon Bee?
More MSM LIES!! - Joe Biden is on video laughing about his threats to withhold money if the prosecutor isn't fired!! 6 hours later the prosecutor was fired!
Sad state of affairs in “journalism” when it takes three to write this. Pulitzers for all three, brilliant!!!
TRUMP: “When I see thousands of ballots dumped in a garbage can and they happen to have my name on it? I’m not happy about it.” — Miami forum.
California Trashes Thousands of Mail-In Ballots, ACLU Says
https://www.courthousenews.com/california-trashes-thousands-mail-ballots-aclu-says/
Temporary contractor threw Trump mail-in ballots in trash, Pennsylvania county officials say
Mail carrier accused of dumping mail, including ballots sent to New Jersey residents
https://6abc.com/usps-arrest-us-postal-service-new-jersey-nicholas-beauchene/6844884/
I guess Calvin Woodward doesn’t possess the ability or self-awareness to be embarrassed.
Exactly.
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