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Sunday, June 19th, 2022

President Trump has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims

Author:     Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly
Source:     The Washington Post
Publication Date:     July 13, 2020 | 3:00 a.m. EDT
 Link: President Trump has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims
Stephan:   It tells us a lot about this country, I think, that about a third of the American public adores and follows a man who lies as he breathes and who grifts as naturally as he walks, and yet they will not hear a word against him. We need to face the fact that over 100 million of us don't live in factual reality, and don't want to live in factual reality.
The Fact Checker is keeping a running list of the false or misleading claims Trump says most regularly. Here’s what you need to know. Credit: Cassidy Araiza / The Washington Post

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UPDATE: The final count for the Trump claims database is 30,573. For more information, follow this link.

It took President Trump 827 days to top 10,000 false and misleading claims in The Fact Checker’s database, an average of 12 claims a day.

But on July 9, just 440 days later, the president crossed the 20,000 mark — an average […]

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2 Comments

  1. Larry Bolgar on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 5:45 am

    Is that all? Seems his entire is one big lie

  2. Rev. Dean on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 1:53 pm

    I would also say that ALL Republicans are liars, as well as just Trump.