Trump lies about calls to Russia

Trump told Jeanine Pirro there were "no calls to Russia," which may be true except for the multiple calls his son made to Russia before the Trump Tower meeting and Cohen's call with an aide to Putin's spokesman.

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 13, 2019

Both can’t be true

Trump says:

most of the employees affected by the shutdown are Democrats
many of the employees affected by the shutdown support the wall and shutdown

Most Democrats oppose the wall. Both statements can’t be true. I think they’re both lies with no documentation to support them.

Poll: Federal Employees Overwhelmingly Oppose Shutdown, Only 30 Percent Support Wall https://t.co/CiOAOO6a1G pic.twitter.com/GXtCsRDooO

— GovExec (@GovExec) January 10, 2019

We were not elected to serve one party – we were elected with the support of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats to work for all Americans. This shutdown is unnecessary, dangerous, and wrong.https://t.co/kM3IwO2g0U

— Congressman TJ Cox (@RepTjCox) January 5, 2019

Trump is losing in the polls

The majority is still opposed to the wall and blame Trump for the shutdown.

As I saw someone say on Twitter, prior presidents knew when to give up because they did not have support: Clinton abandoned health care and Bush gave up on privatization of Social Security.

This phony has no idea how to make a deal. He is surrounded by the cocoon of right wing media and doesn’t know what the public really thinks.

CNN POLL CONDUCTED BY SSRS
January 10-11
More Responsible for
Government Shutdown?

Donald Trump 55%
Democrats in Congress 32%
Both 9%

Feelings About Building a
Wall Along the Entire
Border with Mexico?

Favor 39%
Oppose 56%

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 13, 2019

Oof.

Here's another poll from CNN. Even worse for Trump than Post/ABC.

55% blame Trump for shutdown; only 32% blame Ds.

Only 39% support wall; 56% oppose.

Trump approval: 37-57.https://t.co/MJZKmwhLC0

Again: https://t.co/S1HaQwEV4c

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 13, 2019

It should be noted that this poll shows support for the wall is up but it’s still a minority position.

JUST IN: Support for a border wall has increased to 42%, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds, the highest percentage in ABC/WaPo polling since Donald Trump first proposed it. 54% are opposed. https://t.co/HToq9kGllG pic.twitter.com/tMgj162YbH

— ABC News (@ABC) January 13, 2019

ICYMI
Building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico should be:
An immediate priority for Congress 28%
Not an immediate priority 19%
Not a priority at all 50%
(NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, 11/28 – 12/4/18)https://t.co/y7sFCxMUS3

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) January 6, 2019

Poll also illustrates Trump’s uncanny ability to dissuade people from his views. Competent presidents do the opposite. https://t.co/XpW1LmFHGu

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 9, 2019

Biggest news in this poll isn’t the partisan divide on the wall; it’s that people aren’t buying what @realDonaldTrump is selling. Trump has lost on his crisis narrative: 66% to 31% oppose invoking an emergency to build his wall. Only 24% agree w/Trump that situation is a “crisis” https://t.co/PmengeDtv3

— Joel Benenson (@benensonj) January 13, 2019

In latest @CNN poll just 38% of public supported #BorderWall – only 33% if told Mexico was not paying. In @QuinnipiacPoll no more than 43% have ever supported the wall. https://t.co/8QDK0KDfQT

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) January 3, 2019

A sign of how bad Trump is at negotiating. Declaring a national emergency would be highly unpopular, even more so than the wall itself, and would create a lot of awkward arguments within the GOP. Threatening to declare one creates an incentive for Democrats *not* to compromise. https://t.co/9nZ92heXPn

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 13, 2019

True, though support for the wall is rising esp among Republicans according to WaPo/ABC and I wonder if that’s the driving force. https://t.co/5nppHlCYya

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 13, 2019

Of course, Trump lies about polls like he lies about everything else:

Trump: "I just saw a poll, 75%, it was on Fox, but I just saw a poll, 75% that immigration was so important." Not sure what Fox said, but the newest poll, from the AP, found that 49% say immigration is a top-five problem; 65% of Republicans. pic.twitter.com/haPVowsjfA

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 6, 2019

You can bet on how many false statements Trump will make tonight

I would take the over. He’s going to crush 3.5.

BookMaker, an offshore gambling house that claims 30 years in the business, is laying odds on how many times Trump will lie when he addresses the nation at 9 p.m.

Tell the Senate to end the #TrumpShutdown here: https://t.co/uqr0DalG2m https://t.co/nhGOcqEKLN
#NoWall

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) January 8, 2019

We don’t need a wall

Only Trump’s cult wants the wall. It’s a phony crisis.

If the GOP wants a wall so badly, they can try to propose and pass a bill like anybody else.

Instead, they are seizing gov operations + innocent people’s pay until they get what they want.

This is called hostage-taking. And no one can compromise or negotiate with that. https://t.co/utYLL1k8m9

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 6, 2019

Ed Zarenski has spent 30 years estimating construction projects. A reality check here about the steel "wall" –> https://t.co/xG0u7DCUp8

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 6, 2019

I wonder if someone would get in trouble with Twitter if they suggested building the wall out of dead Republicans. Asking for a friend.

— Unko Tim (@timmyturmoil) January 7, 2019

Border wall funding fight is also a fight about basic facts https://t.co/tBw5r1ZpRC via @brianstelter

— Fuego (@NiemanLabFuego) January 7, 2019

"Yes, he can do it in part…on government property," says law professor @steve_vladeck on whether Trump can declare a national emergency to build a border wall.

"A majority of the property along the US/Mexico border is, in fact, private property." https://t.co/jRqHheJub5 pic.twitter.com/JjwUzwNx47

— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) January 7, 2019

Trump lied this week that he never said he was going to build a concrete wall, just that he'd build a wall. Found this clip of him telling a little boy in 2015, "I'll tell you what it's going to made of: it's going to be made of hardened concrete." https://t.co/WFc44T1rJc

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 7, 2019

My thought exactly: https://t.co/pqv62hilEf

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2019

When I have done reporting trips to the border, I have been struck by how little enthusiasm I have found for a wall on the part of landowners and others who live there. Worth revisiting how much disruption we are talking about (1/2): https://t.co/yIzk56jneb via @TexasTribune

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 8, 2019

I’ve been on the Intelligence Committee for over 10 years. On terrorism and other threats, I’ve received more briefings from FBI, CIA, and DHS than I could count.

How many times have any of them said we need a wall across the southern border?

Zero.

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 8, 2019

There are serious – if not dispositive – arguments that Trump could invoke emergency powers to build his wall. It would be a big court battle, but this may be another place where executive power has been held in check by norms, not bright-line rules. https://t.co/XBzuaZZgbl

— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) January 7, 2019

Trump will lie about his phony border crisis tonight

At least, since he has lied so much, the network fact checkers will be ready.

The Democrats will rebut his lies – will Fox News carry the rebuttal?

President Trump will make his case for a border wall on Tuesday night. Here is what to watch for and some of the larger issues the president faces. https://t.co/tN2F6J8xik

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 8, 2019

Counter-programming: https://t.co/UEl0RH3CqE

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 8, 2019

In my experience, immediately fact-checking Trump's immigration lies is harder than immediately fact-checking most other Trump lies — they're often written into his speeches by people more sophisticated at deception than he is.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 8, 2019

I’m in what appears to be the limited media camp that this is the right call.

The federal government’s closing in on a historically long impasse. The person at the top of it should say *something* of substance, and people should easily be able to watch.

Go from there. https://t.co/SgGRROjLw5

— Ross Maghielse (@Maghielse) January 8, 2019

Opinion: Trump wants the networks to carry his speech live. They should look at these charts of his lies. https://t.co/qebN8kaqwY

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2019

As long as the legacy media cares more appearing balanced than accurately informing the public, Trump and the rest of the Republicans who act in bad faith are going to have a structural political advantage.

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 8, 2019

Op-ed: Free airtime for President Trump? Not so fast. https://t.co/67gF4QlChQ

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 8, 2019

The fact that Trump told a huge lie in the *announcement* of his address — that there's a "national security crisis" at the border — means the networks cannot pretend to have any illusions about the level of deception he will employ.

That should figure in their "deliberating." https://t.co/n4zG8QtRfQ

— . (@GregTSargent) January 7, 2019

https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1082359022865461249

Journalists are going to fact-check every word of Trump's nationally televised speech. And it won't mean a thing to his supporters. Which tells you everything you need to know about 2019.

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 8, 2019

CNN, NBC and CBS all say that they'll carry the Democratic response to Trump live tonight. My impression is that the other major networks will do the same. But some of the details are still being worked out.

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 8, 2019

Fact checkers, eat your Wheaties. #POTUS #governmentshutdown #primetime pic.twitter.com/GiO0lfeb9Q

— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBaldwin) January 8, 2019

If Trump doesn’t declare a national emergency tonight, it doesn’t mean he won’t in the coming days, aides say. But the president was growing frustrated that the argument for his border wall wasn’t being made effectively enough, so he decided to do it himself. https://t.co/hjVk925sej

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 8, 2019

"It is remarkable how much we now shrug when the President of the United States delegitimizes and dehumanizes our work. The things he said today were so hateful about journalists, and we call that Monday," @brianstelter tells @IChotiner. https://t.co/VMDlqGRZi4

— Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) January 8, 2019

Prime-time Trump faces credibility crisis | Analysis by CNN's Stephen Collinson https://t.co/A7U9iQOT1I pic.twitter.com/FqoALLzxEA

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 8, 2019

People who believe Trump is a dire threat to the country think that TV networks should not help spread his propaganda. People who believe Trump is saving the country think this debate is ludicrous — and indicative of liberal media bias… https://t.co/keyPCJmcuW

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 8, 2019

"Don't put the President of the United States on TV because he might lie" is a pretty weird position for a journalist to take. Most people know that Trump is not honest. His policies are not popular (certainly, the wall isn't popular)… https://t.co/wCB7iwFgqg pic.twitter.com/oPQfp1XY9R

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 8, 2019

White House officials, aware of their credibility problem, are stressing the importance of internally fact-checking any stats ahead of Trump's address tonight. Trump aides have been repeatedly challenged on the numbers they're using to argue for a wall. https://t.co/F1Fdkq6Ydq

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 8, 2019

Trump administration lies about terrorists coming across the border

The 4,000 figure includes people arriving at other US locations. The actual total for the Mexican border is 6 or 12. I have seen both numbers but that’s way below 4,000. The border crisis is phony. It’s another Trump lie.

This is hilarious. The Trump Admin has been using a 4K number that wasn't "sensitive." Sanders gets challenged on it. NBC News first disclosed, and @CNN confirms, that its fewer than 10 (and those are people on a flawed watch list, likely). Anyway the number is now "sensitive"? https://t.co/nqwrwBWjcC

— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) January 8, 2019

Can't make this up.@JuliaEAinsley learned only *SIX* immigrants in U.S. terror database were stopped by CBP at southern border in first half of 2018.@PressSec had said 4,000.@VP, @SecNielsen call it a "security crisis" and Trump wants to declare a national emergency.

Wow. https://t.co/uWEApUlfJJ

— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) January 7, 2019

NBC report blows up Trump's wild claim that 4,000 terrorists were stopped at the border https://t.co/kgrqwTmsrX

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 8, 2019

Roughly 12 individuals on the terror watchlist were encountered by federal officials at the US southern border from October 2017 to October 2018, according to an administration official familiar with data from Customs and Border Protection https://t.co/FnskHvaf3X

— CNN (@CNN) January 8, 2019

Not 4,000. Six. https://t.co/XNwdGZsugc

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) January 7, 2019

"Nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists were apprehended attempting to come into the United States through various means in the last year," Pence said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
That number, however, is deeply misleading, per ⁦@Betsy_klein⁩ https://t.co/PEZwKoatl8

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 8, 2019

Trump lied about former presidents supporting the wall

Why does he lie about things that can be checked out?

Then his administration and supporters lie to cover for his lie.

Pence apparently did not learn from the Michael Flynn affair. Still parroting lies other people told him… https://t.co/nmGJg5zBCB

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) January 8, 2019

So many members of this administration devote so much time and energy to figuring out ways to try to explain blatant lies as remotely resembling something in the neighborhood of a mere miscommunication. https://t.co/BtNfzM7qfd

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 8, 2019

"I know the President has said that that was his impression from previous administrations, previous presidents." — Mike Pence trying (and failing) to clean up a Donald Trump messhttps://t.co/zIgLCmsXkC

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) January 8, 2019

All four living Presidents call @realDonaldTrump a liar.

He lied about having their support.

He lies about everything. https://t.co/3kZLPCNvb0

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 8, 2019

Trump lies and calls his shutdown a strike

What a liar! The employees didn’t strike. He prevented them from working. This is disgusting. Let’s see if any cowardly Republicans correct him. Sad!

President Trump told lawmakers he prefers word "strike" to government shutdown, sources say https://t.co/jMLMdBCTpr pic.twitter.com/XUPiK0aZf8

— CNN (@CNN) January 5, 2019

Federal employees are not allowed to strike against the Federal Government. #FedEmployee101

— Lisa (@lisamdecora) January 5, 2019

Trump said he preferred the word "'strike" over "shutdown" in profanity-laced meeting with lawmakers: reports https://t.co/Y3szD2Ni8I pic.twitter.com/n7IUga44oq

— The Hill (@thehill) January 5, 2019

Working for free is the opposite of a strike. Emoluments are still everywhere and we need a better name for it. The shutdown has real world consequences outside of Washington. The US House can do oversight and legislation at the same time. It’s literally the job.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) January 5, 2019

Trump lies when he says a lot of terrorists are coming through the border with Mexico

Another Trump lie. Sad!

"The State Department last year offered an estimate of how many terrorists had entered the United States by crossing the border with Mexico: zero." https://t.co/wGSGAd6pTC

— Tyrel Linkhorn (@TyrelLinkhorn) January 4, 2019

Of those apprehended between 1975-2017, 7 special interest aliens who initially entered illegally were convicted of planning a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. All entered illegally from Canada or jumped ship in American ports, not through our southern border #Mexico https://t.co/JPwMRWH8Pn

— (((Menna Schewitz))) (@mennake) January 4, 2019

Pompeo’s own State Department: “No credible information that any member of a terrorist group has traveled through Mexico to gain access to the United States.”https://t.co/No2G2vy801 https://t.co/kfykN4Gw1e

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 4, 2019

STEVE SCALISE repeats claim that “Over 3,700 known or suspected terrorists tried to enter” the US in 2017.

The State Dept. says there is “no credible information that any member of a terrorist group has traveled through Mexico to gain access to the US.”https://t.co/buF0Vs4Dsl

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 4, 2019

"To our inquiry in April 2018, Nicole Thompson, a @StateDept spokeswoman, said by email that the judgment that no terrorist had traveled through Mexico to gain U.S. access still held."
-via @PolitiFact https://t.co/OGjSFjRfo6

— amna (@IAmAmnaNawaz) January 4, 2019

Thread: https://t.co/BWvX8OFMK9

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 4, 2019