Trump retweets tweet that lies about attack

It wasn’t a Black Lives Matter or Antifa attack. It was from 2019. Trump is a liar and he retweets liars. We’re going to have to deal with his avalanche of dishonesty during the campaign.

Trump retweeted footage of a Black man violently pushing a white woman on a subway platform under the caption, “Black Lives Matter/Antifa” — but the man was not affiliated with either group, and the video was shot last October. ⁦@AshleyRParker⁩ https://t.co/WKCZSny16P
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) September 7, 2020

24 hours on Twitter:
– Trump shares tweet that falsely blames Black Lives Matter for random 2019 crime
– White House assistant Dan Scavino shares fake video of nonexistent Biden interview
– Trump campaign snips new Biden quote wildly dishonestly
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 31, 2020

Specifically, the video was posted as part of a white nationalist's long thread of videos of black people assaulting white people. When I contacted him, he said he's an advocate of whites forming their own "nations" for "protection" from minorities. https://t.co/JkNk8SrBvQ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 31, 2020

This retweet by the man we are ashamed to call the president of the United States is the most blatant act of racial incitement in the history of that office. Not even Andrew Johnson went this far. pic.twitter.com/5vxB1rbaoH
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 31, 2020

That’s because this is a full on white supremacist presidency, and he’s now selling the “race war” message of nazis. https://t.co/Cl88jImZto
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 31, 2020

Retweeted by Pres. @realDonaldTrump, this video is from the NYC @MTA in Oct 2019 and has NOTHING to do with Black Lives Matter or Antifa.

Ref: https://t.co/hLrKOj4vOT https://t.co/CVUhyuQBOX pic.twitter.com/FbgbtTK8nM
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) August 30, 2020

More on Trump’s lies 8/29/20

Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential. It’s also increasingly fruitless. (And yes, ⁦@ddale8⁩ and ⁦@GlennKesslerWP⁩ are excellent) My column https://t.co/FMWt1HjB8m
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) August 29, 2020

"They spied on my campaign": How President Trump transformed a conspiracy theory into a political rallying cry | Analysis https://t.co/NN1oGU7d64 pic.twitter.com/Atj9k52goG
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 29, 2020

another Trump lie

If you're new to my feed, you might enjoy this short excerpt from Liar's Circus that appeared this week about the night I learned Michelle has a penis: https://t.co/CaDPAga3Zm
— Carl Hoffman (@lunaticcarl) August 27, 2020

His cult lies just like Trump

Last night in New Hampshire, Trump repeated a bunch of the false claims from his RNC speech. He also added some more. Quick thread, with the help of colleagues @HolmesLybrand and @tarasubramaniam:
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 29, 2020

Seemingly sober commentary about how “effective” Trump’s attacks are plays down a core truth: He lies, and lies, and lies again. This, not tactical musings, must stay at the fore to avoid a replay of the false-equivalence journalism of 2016.
My column https://t.co/cy5rFTMuPu
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) August 29, 2020

Fact check: President Trump claims he's done more for the African American community than any other president since Abraham Lincoln https://t.co/KCXM8WySCC pic.twitter.com/X5ANpx9po4
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 29, 2020

Drop boxes are safe

Trump lies about them. I plan to place my ballot in one. This is just typical Republican voter suppression.

Half the country's voters can use a drop box: Heres the list of states that have them https://t.co/yDs8L2aaN0 pic.twitter.com/fJautdQsl4
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 25, 2020

For the record: drop boxes are a secure, efficient way for voters to return their ballots on time & ensure they are counted. Period.

And: the primary reason we need drop boxes is due to the increasing inefficiency & unreliability of @USPS.

Don't like 'em? Fully fund the @USPS. https://t.co/8Ok3VMxgPC
— Jocelyn Benson (@JocelynBenson) August 23, 2020

Another big win for the @prioritiesUSA voting rights team & @marceelias. We are not done yet. Stay tuned. https://t.co/tmiw2mWxRf
— Guy Cecil (@guycecil) August 25, 2020

They want each county to be limited to a single dropbox, at the county board of elections. One dropbox for all ~1.1M voters in Philadelphia, one for all 900K voters in Allegheny. https://t.co/yRufITmxCt
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) August 9, 2020

Recently I dropped my wife’s primary ballot off in a dropbox in front of the Bergen County, NJ municipal building. There were security officers there. The dropbox was clean, but I didn’t have to touch it because there was a narrow, clearly marked slot to put the ballot in! https://t.co/rrRlHEGQ8X
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 23, 2020

Ohio Democratic Party sues Secretary of State Frank LaRose over ballot dropbox limitationshttps://t.co/Gav1OzPQua
— Darrel Rowland (@darreldrowland) August 25, 2020

Send em out by October 20 (the latest but not guaranteed to arrive by Nov 4) OR drop them off in-person at an approved drop box! https://t.co/oskyRBv6CY
— Sarah Whittle 🥚 (@rudeunicorns) August 24, 2020

THREAD

We believe there is nothing in Ohio statute limiting drop boxes to one per county, so we filed suit in court today to prove it.

But I want to take a moment to highlight the pernicious impact of only one drop box per county for voters who rely on public transit.

1/ https://t.co/s2BFOZWVMh
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) August 25, 2020

Defending the truth does not make the media biased

I expect lots of lies to be told at the Republican convention. The media should tell viewers the truth. That’s not biased against either party.

The media’s obligation is to the truth, not to either political party.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 23, 2020

America is experiencing "asymmetric lying" – because President Trump's campaign is much more dishonest, more frequently, than Joe Biden's campaign. News outlets have to acknowledge this truth imbalance. It's news! pic.twitter.com/HxMOT4elWF
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 23, 2020

The is the FDA saying, in so many words, that Trump forced them to approve this thus far unproven covid treatment bc he wanted a re-election taking point https://t.co/zsmCSYHLEm
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) August 23, 2020

Trump lies about the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention

Trump lies about everything but I don’t get this one. He said they left “God” out and it is easily proven that “God” was included. Sad!

This is a flat lie, and It seems blasphemous as well to lie about God so as to manipulate people to gain personal power. https://t.co/D5M74oO2Ra
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) August 22, 2020

You’re just a mendacious p.o.s., @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/1DBB2retTz https://t.co/a0BsoMgIwW
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 22, 2020

Occam’s razor: Trump thinks the DNC cut “under God” bc at least of one of the caucuses (which were on Zoom and ended before prime time) didn’t have the full Pledge. This generated a Fox News story and the president watches Fox, duh.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 22, 2020

1. Donald Trump lied about Democrats removing the word God from the Pledge at their convention.
2. Donald Trump to pay Stormy Daniels’ legal fees after lying about their encounter shortly after his son was born.

Exodus 20:16. https://t.co/EHmCxrlTO7
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 22, 2020

You’ll be shocked to know that this viral claim is mostly false: https://t.co/IsU7lLpaqD https://t.co/r5FkC2dwj9
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 22, 2020

This is not true.

Here's the video from the Pledge at the Democratic convention on…

Night 1: https://t.co/FctHDuZVyE

Night 2: https://t.co/CNmbtyT598

Night 3: https://t.co/FqrWq7HTvR

Night 4: https://t.co/6lvXQBELwo https://t.co/eror5BenEr
— Zack Stanton (@zackstanton) August 22, 2020

Trump is lying when he says that the DNC removed 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance.

Snopes: "On the national stage, the phrase 'under God' was used during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each night of the 2020 DNC."

Trump's tweet is a lie.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 22, 2020

It is misleading to state the DNC "omitted" or "took the word GOD" out of the Pledge of Allegiance. https://t.co/iah0WZcmo3
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 22, 2020

Good one to practice your "truth sandwich" skills on.

The phrase "under God" was used during recital of the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each night of the 2020 DNC. Trump tried to appeal to evangelicals by claiming it was removed. It was not. https://t.co/ZQLE7zQDB7
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 22, 2020

More on Trump lies 8/20/20

In past years, Trump has blamed California leaders for deadly wildfires in their state citing a lack of proper forest management. He has repeated his overly simplistic claim about the fires today, saying leaders didn't "clean the floors" https://t.co/qsbPPxs5zU
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 20, 2020

The Trump campaign has sent out advance excerpts of his speech attacking Biden. Many of the prepared claims are false or misleading.

Most of Trump's dishonesty is ad-libbed. In campaign season, though, more lying gets written into his texts. This also happened in the midterms.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

This is why I think it’s pointless for Biden to debate Trump. Trump will lie and lie and lie.

No and no.

Harris criticized Biden during the primary for some past comments and positions related to race, but she began by saying, “I do not believe you are a racist.”

Harris also didn’t call Biden incompetent. pic.twitter.com/xHsteyEnD4
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

A common response to Trump's lying is "well, they all lie." I think it's important to note how asymmetrical the lying is.

You have hours of numerous Democrats speaking with no objectively false claims. It's rare to get ten minutes falseness-free from this president.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

Again, Gallup showed at the time that the vast majority of Americans (66%) approved of the Obama administration's handling of H1N1.

Currently, Gallup shows only 36% of Americans approve of Trump's response to coronavirus and other surveys reveal even lower numbers. https://t.co/arM3spPSSh
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 18, 2020

Trump in April 2019: I was named Michigan Man of the Year six or seven years ago
Trump in November 2019: That happened about 10 years before the 2016 election
Trump in July 2020: That happened 10 years ago
Trump in August 2020: That happened 11 years ago https://t.co/jfJEgTiTau
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 17, 2020

As others have noted, I should’ve mentioned that Biden also took questions from four Black and Hispanic journalists for a conference event on August 6. https://t.co/9weG7u2TpR
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 17, 2020

Odds of this making the nightly news tonight? https://t.co/6WrbgtNrRr
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 17, 2020

Trump now claiming the Postal Service loses $3 to $4 **per package.**

Fact check: "USPS, by its own calculation, says revenue from package deliveries far exceeds costs. "

4 Pinocchioshttps://t.co/dGeyJybT8z
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 17, 2020

To prove his point about fraud with mail voting, Trump keeps citing cases that…aren't about fraud at all.

My video this week breaks down some of his favorite non-examples: https://t.co/LCgGUw8RK0 pic.twitter.com/Ovg5I4wdbJ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 15, 2020

Trump claimed "Colin Powell says it’s not true" that Russia put bounties on US troops.

Powell didn't; he said early media coverage was overblown compared to how commanders saw the intel. Powell assistant Peggy Cifrino confirms to me: "He did not say that it was not true."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 15, 2020

President Trump has made many baseless and misleading remarks on mail-in voting. @brikeilarCNN fact-checks some of his false claims. https://t.co/M214WPjRc6 pic.twitter.com/p5r3NdAI5e
— CNN (@CNN) August 14, 2020

Just this past Sunday, Trump said he hadn’t spoken to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. But WH confirms the two met last week on Monday. A WH spokesman says it was a meeting to congratulate DeJoy on being confirmed. DeJoy was confirmed in May. https://t.co/VbnJo7LtG2 pic.twitter.com/w1CtHkyu3X
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 14, 2020

Trump amplifies a birther lie about another Black candidate, says a bunch of other false things about Biden, says his usual false things about mail voting.

Fact check with @HolmesLybrand @tarasubramaniam: https://t.co/qourlRTzKC
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 14, 2020

Everyone should read this article from January on @realDonaldTrump’s lying.

It was written by @svdate, who asked today whether Trump regretted his 3-1/2 years of lies to the American people. https://t.co/9DLdWF2tuG
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 13, 2020

Asked if he regrets all of the lying he’s done to the American people, Trump doesn’t respond, calls on someone else.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 13, 2020

Trump continued to push the false narrative that several states are in "fantastic shape" when it comes to Covid-19.

Facts First: While the numbers of new coronavirus cases in Florida and Arizona are trending downward, they are not back to pre-June levels. https://t.co/tdwghYgOJE
— CNN (@CNN) August 13, 2020

Trump says people used to tout New Zealand but they "had a massive breakout yesterday."

New Zealand reported six cases yesterday. The US reported 47,408.https://t.co/fcnZ9GLV9s
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

The president is lying about Biden's work to implement the consensus policy of the U.S., the EU, the IMF and others to get rid of a corrupt Ukrainian prosecutor.

The version he is repeating is Russian disinformation. pic.twitter.com/isUggyYrxl
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 20, 2020

Trump says Obama closed down NASA, then boasts that he, conversely, is sending up rich people's rockets.

That commercial crew program was started under Obama.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

Trump falsely says his nonsense that Democrats want to "abolish the suburbs," then exaggerates by saying Cuomo abolished cash bail in New York. (It was ended for some offenses but kept for most violent crimes.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

Trump’s latest lies – update 8/12/20

Fact check: President Trump falsely suggests a large number of NYPD cops were fired and misleads on European coronavirus numbers https://t.co/vAWm5qWSPm pic.twitter.com/PdjbVsYLb7
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 12, 2020

This time, instead of saying China and Russia can easily print phony ballots (false), Trump nonsensically told Hannity China and Russia will "grab" real ballots. "People are gonna just grab batches of 'em. And you talk about China and Russia: they'll be grabbing plenty of 'em."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 12, 2020

No:
Russia doesn’t want Trump to lose
Trump didn’t “ban” China
Foreigners can’t easily mess with mail votes
No mass fraud in NY
Trump isn’t first to tariff China
Trump wasn’t left 0 ventilators
“1917” pandemic didn’t end World War 2
Obama didn’t do treason https://t.co/qwliJeu4IJ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

"We want to get football in colleges. These are young, strong people. They won't have a big problem with the China virus," Trump says. (Young people can and do experience serious problems from the virus, even some fit people.) "Most of them will never get it, statistically."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

Trump adapts his big red election map for the coronavirus: https://t.co/obvqFA5Zn2
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

Trump, serial liar and serial teller of fabricated stories, on Harris: "She is a person that's told many, many stories that weren't true."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

Donald Trump just said that carpenters, policemen, and farmers are the type of people who benefit from a good stock market "probably more than anybody else." That is very false. pic.twitter.com/uBMw3Zb4dA
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 10, 2020

Q: "If 160,000 people had died on Obama's watch, do you think you would have called for his resignation?
TRUMP: "No, I wouldn't have done that."

In 2014, Trump said Obama should resign for allowing a doctor who tested positive for Ebola to enter the U.S.https://t.co/FvyqRvZkBH
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 10, 2020

They’re all at least pretty bad, but that was one of the worst Trump press conferences in a while from a truth standpoint. Fast and furious lying.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 10, 2020

"It’s disappearing, it’s going to disappear," Trump said about the coronavirus Friday, following a week in which more than 5,000 Americans died of Covid-19. https://t.co/u0sHQud7Ar
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 8, 2020

Fact check: President Trump makes multiple false claims about Covid-19 relief as he signs executive actions https://t.co/bXfM5yaoxz pic.twitter.com/Di697KQ8Hv
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 9, 2020

The mainstream media is always extremely reluctant to say that Trump lies because they can’t prove that he knows something he’s saying is false.

Running away when he’s asked to explain a false statement is pretty good evidence that he knows it’s false—i.e., that he’s lying. https://t.co/uKuC03iqiZ
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) August 8, 2020

Lies, lies, lies

Trump just keeps lying.

This tweet gives a year of Bush to Obama and a year of Obama to Trump…

Actual numbers:
Obama Inauguration Day 2009 open: 8,279.63
Obama last full day 2017 close: 19,732.40 (+138%)

Trump Inaug 2017 open: 19,795.06
Trump close yesterday: 27,791.44 (+40%) pic.twitter.com/Fn13cD7mEh
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

No:
Russia doesn’t want Trump to lose
Trump didn’t “ban” China
Foreigners can’t easily mess with mail votes
No mass fraud in NY
Trump isn’t first to tariff China
Trump wasn’t left 0 ventilators
“1917” pandemic didn’t end World War 2
Obama didn’t do treason https://t.co/qwliJeu4IJ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

No, Democrats aren’t cheating in the election by negotiating a relief bill

No, Trump isn’t a pioneer in protecting people with pre-existing-conditions

No, foreign countries can’t easily forge and submit mail ballots

No, the virus isn’t “disappearing” https://t.co/gjnz6twVgF
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2020

Mary Trump’s book is number one — by hundreds of thousands of copies https://t.co/wdHIbEAAmK
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 6, 2020

This morning, President Trump is repeating many of the same falsehoods and misleading statements and numbers on Covid and mail-in voting. Not worth repeating here.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 5, 2020

Fact check: President Trump litters briefing with false, unsubstantiated claims on voter fraud, Covid response and Beirut explosion https://t.co/v8RQTsmnBR pic.twitter.com/oIEKUcmnZA
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 5, 2020

"You cannot just ignore B.S. You have to shovel it."

—@brikeilarcnn pushing back on the assertion that fact-checking Trump et al just "gives life to the lies"
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 5, 2020

I disagree. Stop broadcasting lies.

Hoover and Kennedy both donated their salary. Trump has said this four times since July 2019. https://t.co/MQcGt4WNwr
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 3, 2020

Trump falsely claimed Obama "never even tried" to do criminal justice reform (bipartisan bill died in 2016 amid opposition from many Republicans during the Trump campaign; Obama still took multiple measures through executive action).
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

Trump says he asked Steve Schwarzman of Blackstone if it's possible to legitimately do what Hunter Biden did in China, and Schwarzman said no, it's not possible.

Schwarzman's spokeswoman says he has never spoken to Trump about either Hunter Biden or Joe Biden.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020

he has told this lie before

Trump told a detailed story last week about how he discussed Hunter Biden's business dealings with Blackstone Group founder Steve Schwarzman. Schwarzman's spokeswoman says, “Steve never spoke to the president about Joe Biden or his family." https://t.co/zOPBZF3eu0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 1, 2019

Trump keeps lying about Veterans Choice

He has told this lie over 100 times. I am glad someone said something to him about it. It was passed in 2014 and signed by Obama.

Trump said again that he’s done more for veterans than John McCain did.

Like by getting the Veterans Choice law.

Which was signed in 2014.

And co-authored by John McCain. https://t.co/MQRgQXEwNR
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

Trump again tonight in comments to the pool: My way of dealing with vets is “much more successful” than John McCain’s, “with Choice and Accountability and all the things I've got.”

He is taking credit for *McCain’s own bill* to argue that he’s done more than McCain. https://t.co/4XjGBdLzHt
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

"We passed Veterans Choice," Trump lies for more than the 150th time of the program signed into law by Obama in 2014.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

It's fairly alarming that the President has been lying for years at nearly every public event about passing a bill and this may be the first time a reporter has challenged him about it to his face. https://t.co/93YX6Svidu
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 8, 2020

https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1292203532733624321?s=20

!!! Trump is challenged for I think the first time ever on why he keeps lying that he got Veterans Choice passed – and he ends the “news conference” and walks out.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2020

https://twitter.com/jonfranks/status/1292202689003171840?s=20

"We passed Choice, as you know," Trump says for at least the 143rd time of the bill signed into law by Obama in 2014, "and they've been trying to get that for decades and decades and decades and no president's ever been able to do it."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2020

Trump begins his August 8 Bedminster news conference with some casual xenophobia, and takes credit for Veterans Choice legislation that was actually signed into law by President Obama in 2014 pic.twitter.com/NPjNdhDHQ2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 8, 2020

Trump just took credit for Veterans Choice legislation.

The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act was signed into law by President Obama in 2014.

He’s so bad at everything he’s not even good at lying. pic.twitter.com/ZjuuCoNKLc
— VoteVets (@votevets) August 8, 2020

Trump walks out of his news conference after @PaulaReidCBS challenges him on the Veterans Choice lie he has told more than 150 times: https://t.co/4OfLneQ089
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2020

Trump takes credit for veterans legislation passed during the Obama-Biden administration in 2014 pic.twitter.com/heefy25CoU
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) May 1, 2024