I call them lies.
Dale does a great job tracking them.
This omission, in both local and national news, is the reason I started listing his lies in 2016. And it persists. Most of the rally coverage is still “Trump speaks to big excited crowd, insults X and Y, talks policy Z.” “Trump says 24 untrue things” goes entirely unmentioned. https://t.co/uPtJjCEIv0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 28, 2019
Here's the updated database of all of Trump's false claims as president, fact-checked and sorted by subject: https://t.co/tUlVsaIQoY
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2019
From Star editor @EdTubb, here's the updated chart of Trump's false claims by week: pic.twitter.com/R4seuBYfpC
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2019
Trump is up to 4,913 false claims for his presidency, 6.0 per day. Breakdown:
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2019
2017: 2.9 per day
2018: 8.3 per day
2019 to date: 7.8 per day
Sad! 