I think the pace of his lies will continue to be high since Republicans won’t challenge him and Democrats can’t stop him. Republicans should be ashamed of the lack of reaction to his harmful, outrageous lies on voter fraud.
This is cool to me! I wrote in the Post about why I fact-check everything Trump says, what it’s like to do this ridiculous thing, and what I think U.S. media is still doing wrong in handling all the lying: https://t.co/GRPFeJf2ts
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 16, 2018
Trump made more false claims in the two months leading up to the midterms, 1,176, than he did in all of 2017, 1,011. Here is a chart showing just how extreme this period was: pic.twitter.com/q58RDuTJm0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018
Trump made 664 false claims in October. That was more than double his previous record, 320 in August. He has now set new monthly records in June, July, August and October. Here's the month-by-month chart: pic.twitter.com/8HVGBzhfr7
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018
Last data point: Trump averaged 26.3 false claims per day in the month leading up to the midterms. In 2017, it was 2.9 per day.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018
There is a strong correlation between the number of words Trump speaks and the number of false claims: .73. However, his dishonesty density has increased over time; he's not just talking more, he's lying more per word. Analysis: https://t.co/Vwp8zvyagn https://t.co/W45cCm4cv4
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018
The three most dishonest days of Trump's presidency were the three days prior to the midterms. The record: 74 false claims the day before the midterms.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 15, 2018
Sad! 