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Judi Lynn

(160,588 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 04:09 AM Apr 2019

President Trump has made more than 10,000 false or misleading claims

President Trump has made more than 10,000 false or misleading claims

By Glenn Kessler ,
Salvador Rizzo and
Meg Kelly April 29 at 3:00 AM

It took President Trump 601 days to top 5,000 false and misleading claims in The Fact Checker’s database, an average of eight claims a day.

But on April 26, just 226 days later, the president crossed the 10,000 mark — an average of nearly 23 claims a day in this seven-month period, which included the many rallies he held before the midterm elections, the partial government shutdown over his promised border wall and the release of the special counsel’s report on Russian interference in the presidential election.

This milestone appeared unlikely when The Fact Checker first started this project during his first 100 days. In the first 100 days, Trump averaged less than five claims a day, which would have added up to about 7,000 claims in a four-year presidential term. But the tsunami of untruths just keeps looming larger and larger.

As of April 27, including the president’s rally in Green Bay, Wis., the tally in our database stands at 10,111 claims in 828 days.

More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/29/president-trump-has-made-more-than-false-or-misleading-claims

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President Trump has made more than 10,000 false or misleading claims (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2019 OP
Another record-breaking milestone ... NanceGreggs Apr 2019 #1
Wonder how many lies Republican political types have told democratisphere Apr 2019 #2
Can't we just say he lied and used untrue characterizations to lie in a different way? Joe Nation Apr 2019 #3
No one lies like Donald J Trump.... yuiyoshida Apr 2019 #4
Non stop lies equals pure gas lighting Botany Apr 2019 #6
It's all by design, perfected by fascists like Putin. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2019 #5
Added another 111 lies in one day. Mc Mike Apr 2019 #7
It is the only "talent" Scarsdale Apr 2019 #8

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
2. Wonder how many lies Republican political types have told
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 05:05 AM
Apr 2019

to coverup drumpf's ridiculous number of lies? If only they were lying and dying because of it.

Joe Nation

(963 posts)
3. Can't we just say he lied and used untrue characterizations to lie in a different way?
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 05:41 AM
Apr 2019

Lying is lying is lying no matter how you do it.

yuiyoshida

(41,833 posts)
4. No one lies like Donald J Trump....
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 05:44 AM
Apr 2019

Not one President lied ever like Trump. He is the King of Lies and DECEIT.

Botany

(70,539 posts)
6. Non stop lies equals pure gas lighting
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:30 AM
Apr 2019

Trump: Fox's Napolitano asked me to put him on Supreme Court.

Trump: Mothers and Doctors kill healthy babies after they are born.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
5. It's all by design, perfected by fascists like Putin.
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 06:29 AM
Apr 2019

Keep the public's head spinning with confusion as to what is truth. Social media is the perfect platform with no accountability.

Then, as one of W's people once told a reporter: "we create our own reality"........

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
8. It is the only "talent"
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 07:14 AM
Apr 2019

if it can be called that, he has. He is still a spoiled child, "young and vibrant" The mirrors in the WH must have been replaced with Fun House mirrors. He lumbers along like an overweight sumo wrestler.

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