WASHINGTON—Donald Trump had a busy day on Thursday. He did an interview on Fox News, another interview on Fox Business, spoke at an energy-industry event in Pittsburgh, and did an evening rally in a suburb of Philadelphia. Fox News also released the transcript of a Trump “town hall” taped on Wednesday.

All together, he said at least six false things and one misleading thing:

Falsely claimed there were "people outside by the thousands" at his rally in Pennsylvania. (Wrote BuzzFeed's John Stanton, who was there: “There are, in fact, no people outside.”)

Falsely claimed Hillary Clinton is seeking a "total government takeover of health care." (Clinton advocates an expansion of the government role in health care, but she is not proposing anything close to a takeover.)

Falsely said, “Homicides are up more than 50 per cent in Washington, DC and more than 60 per cent in Baltimore.” (This was true in 2015, but is not any more. Both cities are currently experiencing homicide declines of roughly 10 per cent this year compared to last.)

Falsely said that granting illegal immigrants citizenship and access to Social Security and Medicare would amount to “bankrupting these programs for Americans.” (There is no evidence that adding immigrants to the programs would “bankrupt” them. In fact, Social Security’s independent actuary found in 2013 that the move would improve the program’s financial situation.)

Falsely said Clinton’s interest in child care policy has come “all of a sudden.” (Clinton made child care proposals during her 2008 campaign and in the Senate. She released her new plan in 2015, a year before Trump released his.)

Falsely said Clinton “has already” outspent him “50 to 1” on commercials in Florida. (While it appears she may eventually do so, she has not so far. The Tampa Bay Times says she and her allies have so far spent $38 million to $9 million for Trump and his allies, a 4-to-1 ratio; NBC’s latest numbers have it $22 million to $2 million, an 11-to-1 ratio.)

Misleadingly said, “The policies [Rudy Giuliani] put into place ultimately brought down crime by 76 per cent and murder in New York by 84 per cent.” (Crime in New York did decline by about those percentages between 1994 and 2014 — but Giuliani had been out of office for 12 years by 2014. It is misleading at best to attribute the entire decline to Giuliani policies.)

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