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The Media Tried Fact-Checking Trump After His Mar-a-Lago Presser. It Was a Trainwreck.
Townhall ^ | August 8, 2024 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 08/08/2024 11:46:58 PM PDT by mbrfl

Donald Trump did something Kamala Harris has failed to do since she ripped the 2024 Democratic nomination away from Joe Biden: answered questions from the press. The event, held at Mar-a-Lago, featured Trump ripping into Harris’ intelligence, announcing three dates for debates with the vice president, and warning how the nation is on the verge of economic disaster if Kamala wins in November.

The media tried to fact-check the president, and it devolved into such a ticky-tack game of linguistic nonsense that it only served as yet another reminder of why these clowns are mocked and distrusted. First, CNN tried to say that Trump was wrong to say that Kamala Harris failed to pass the bar. Harris did eventually pass—the operative word being eventually. It took Ms. Harris multiple times to pass the bar exam.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barexam; cnn; fakefactchecks; kamalaharris; lawyer; media; msm; press; trump
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To: Labyrinthos

“Graduates of national law schools tend to have lower first time bar passage rates than regional law schools….”

I beg to differ. These “national law schools” actually have higher first time passage rates, though some regional law schools may have higher rates in particular states. Harvard and Yale are consistently in the high 90’s. I recall taking a look at the details for Mrs. Bill flunking the DC bar several years ago. As I recall she may have been the only Yale student taking it to fail.

I went to what would be considered a national law school but not in the top 30, though it’s latest pass rate was in the top 15 and when I took and passed the CA bar it had a much higher pass rate than even the regional schools, even highly rated ones.

I would tend to question the intelligence of these politicians who failed the bar exam despite having supposedly some of the best education available . It would be interesting to see how many of Harris’ classmates failed the CA bar with her. The California bar is very hard, but the low pass rate includes a lot of people who attended unaccredited law schools.


41 posted on 08/09/2024 9:03:37 AM PDT by LibertyOh
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To: jerod

It is a difficult exam. Failing it once isn’t that shameful of a thing.

Failing it multiple times is a red flag.


42 posted on 08/09/2024 9:09:11 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: napscoordinator

Except that he didn’t go “down in a helicopter with him” and there was no emergency landing. Trump does have a tendency to confuse peoples names but it’s unusual to be mistaken about a helicopter making an emergency landing.


43 posted on 08/09/2024 10:46:46 AM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: Kathy in OC

Oh you saw that too, a few leftist I know are all up in arms about the helicopter story, because the leftist buy into it, then call Trump a moron


44 posted on 08/09/2024 10:48:21 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: CTyank

Was it an oral exam?

No. She would have aced that first time out the shoot.


45 posted on 08/09/2024 10:50:10 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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To: Ann Archy

Well I don’t know if he’s lying or just confused. There is no record of it happening. If Willie Brown almost went down in a helicopter crash it would have been reported, at least in California. Some say he mistook Jerry Brown for Willie Brown but Jerry Brown says there was no emergency landing and no discussion of Harris. Do you think Donald Trump and Willie Brown were in a helicopter that made an emergency landing?


46 posted on 08/09/2024 10:52:43 AM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: Trump_Triumphant

Proof that the article did not mention an emergency helicopter landing with Trump and Willie Brown aboard? Proof is in the article. Proof that Trump mentioned such a crash in his press conference? It’s on the video of the press conference.


47 posted on 08/09/2024 10:56:20 AM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

What am I lying about? Are you saying the article above mentions this helicopter ride? Are you saying that Donald Trump and Willie Brown were together on a helicopter that made an emergency landing? Where is the proof of that?


48 posted on 08/09/2024 11:00:22 AM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: Kathy in OC

You are a Democrat disrupter. Go back to DU or wherever you came from.


49 posted on 08/09/2024 11:04:20 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: LibertyOh
2023 bar passage rate:

Again, once CA re-establishes 'reading' for the law, the bar exam is dead nationwide. Someone will sue states with tight reciprocity laws (ie, "you must take our bar"), and win.

Reciprocity will then be established easily, simply a matter of a short period of practice in CA and then review.

CA will become the law $chool diploma mill that it always wanted to be, churning out thousands and thousands of "Nathan Wade"'s. In 10 years, CA lawyers starting out will make less than a burger flipper. SCHADENFREUDE!

50 posted on 08/09/2024 11:05:01 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: Kathy in OC

It was his story. I wish he take a minute to remember The facts before telling it. As far as everyone knows, what he says is truth. He needs to remember that.


51 posted on 08/09/2024 11:06:31 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Tuxedo

Lolz. You clearly are being sarcastic.


52 posted on 08/09/2024 11:08:04 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: ronnie raygun

Vehicle War:

* + Here FR and reference sites
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53 posted on 08/09/2024 11:08:25 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: StAnDeliver

When did California stop allowing people to read the law and take the bar exam?


54 posted on 08/09/2024 11:45:36 AM PDT by Kathy in OC
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To: mbrfl

At some point in my military past in the Army, we were taught that an acceptable generic term for any member of the military was soldier.

I don’t know if that’s still taught, but it used to be.


55 posted on 08/09/2024 1:15:02 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: bert

Plus some friendly persuasion?


56 posted on 08/09/2024 1:48:17 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: jerod

Teddy Kennedy never passed a bar he didn’t stop in and have a couple.


57 posted on 08/09/2024 1:54:10 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: xzins
At some point in my military past in the Army, we were taught that an acceptable generic term for any member of the military was soldier.

Well, I wouldn't doubt that the army teaches that because "soldier" is the specific term for a member of the army. It's self-serving for the army to do that.

But I've never known a Marine, sailor, or airman who considered themselves a "soldier".

58 posted on 08/09/2024 7:32:57 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: Kathy in OC

Turns out it was a case of mistaken identity and not a lie. Try again, Madame Secretary.


59 posted on 08/10/2024 2:05:58 AM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

I agree that any marine, sailor, or airman would shake their heads, and they probably should, but I remember it clear as a bell. I think it was even a question on an E-5 promotion board.


60 posted on 08/10/2024 4:54:09 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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