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World Donald Trump said 18 false things on Tuesday WASHINGTON—Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump did two rallies in North Carolina on Tuesday, Sept. 20. He said 18 false things: Falsely claimed, “All this disaster with ISIS happened on Hillary Clinton’s watch.” (ISIS was founded before Clinton was secretary of state. Its spate of attacks in the West occurred after her tenure.) Falsely said the Orlando nightclub massacre is one of those showing “how a failure to screen who is entering the United States puts all of our citizens in great danger.” (The Orlando killer was born in New York.) Falsely said Hillary Clinton has never condemned “those who oppose and murder women and gays overseas.” (Clinton has denounced such oppression as “criminal.”) Falsely said the trade deficit with China is “$500 billion a year.” (It was $367 billion last year and is significantly lower this year.) Falsely accused Clinton of using his phrase “extreme vetting.” (Clinton said “tough vetting.”) Falsely said Obama “said, and very strongly said, that he wants 120,000” refugees next year. (Obama said he wants 110,000 refugees.) Falsely said “unbelievable numbers of jobs” will be lost in Ford’s outsourcing of small-car production to Mexico. (Ford says “not one job” will be lost as it begins to produce other vehicles at the affected U.S. facilities.) Falsely said, “Hillary Clinton wants open borders.” Falsely claimed “Hillary Clinton is taking the day off again.” (While Clinton had no public events, she held a terrorism call with top security aides.) Falsely claimed African-American communities are “absolutely in the worst shape that they’ve ever been in before — ever, ever, ever.” (This is not true by any measure.) Falsely claimed, “When Boeing made their deal with China, China took their intellectual property.” (Chinese spies and hackers have stolen and tried to steal Boeing intellectual property, but this was not the result of a “deal.”) Falsely claimed Al Wilson “wrote” the song The Snake. (Wilson performed it; Oscar Brown Jr. wrote it.) Falsely claimed, “ISIS was formed in the vacuum that she and Barack Obama created.” (ISIS was formed before Obama took office or Clinton became secretary of state.) Falsely said Clinton gave “all of these special favours” for donors as secretary of state. (Experts say there is no evidence Clinton gave donors favours.) Falsely claimed, “All together, her plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term . . . ” (Clinton has not actually proposed the 620,000 number, which was implausibly calculated by Trump ally Jeff Sessions.) Falsely claimed, “We’re going to cut your taxes massively.” (Only the super-rich will get a big cut; according to conservative Tax Foundation, Trump would give people below the top 1 per cent only a 2 per cent income boost before accounting for hypothetical economic growth.) Falsely claimed, “You know, people don’t understand, but Hillary Clinton is raising your taxes . . . very substantial tax increase.” (Clinton is only planning a hike on the top 1%.) Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Falsely said Chicago’s 3,000 shooting victims since January is “worse than Afghanistan.” (Afghanistan had 1,601 civilian deaths, plus 3,565 injuries, in the first half of the year.) Misleadingly said, “58 per cent of African-American youth are not working.” (This figure counts 16-to-19-year-olds who are not looking for work, including high school students and the children of millionaires.) Misleadingly said, “Violent crime rose in America’s 50 largest cities last year. It went through the roof.” (While 36 of these cities saw homicide increases, 13 saw decreases. The overall increase was 17%.) Read more about: SHARE:









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