Trump And His Sycophant's Most Egregious Lies...

 

Fact-checking the most egregious lies and exaggerations from the Republican National Convention

• The Republican National Convention was filled with dishonesty, from the highest profile guests to lines in the prepared text of everyday citizens invited to speak. 
• Speakers widely exaggerated claims about the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, President Donald Trump's policies, and those of his 2020 Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
• Other inaccuracies involved historical facts, including misquoting Abraham Lincoln and misidentifying who signed the Declaration of Independence.
• Here's a round-up of all the notable falsehoods and misleading statements from the four-day political event.

Business Insider - The national conventions for both Republicans and Democrats are always highly produced infomercials designed to promote and spin the parties' respective agendas, but the level of incorrect information presented at this year's RNC was extreme by any standard.

Instead of ticking through each one — CNN's ace fact checker Daniel Dale chronicled at least 20 misstatements alone by President Donald Trump in his acceptance speech last night — here are the most notable ones:

"Abolish the suburbs"

What was said: "They want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning." – Patricia McCloskey with her husband Mark, who spoke on night one from St. Louis, where they pointed guns at protesters from their home in June. 

What the facts are: Democrats do not want to abolish the suburbs nor end single-family home zoning. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has offered no policies of the sort. McCloskey appears to take aim at a 2015 Obama-era housing initiative — which also does not "abolish the suburbs" — that is meant to address patterns of racial segregation and work to correct them, which the Trump administration has sought to overturn.

"Defund the police"

What was said: Democrats want to "defund the police"  according to Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and several other speakers.

What the facts are: Biden does not support defunding the police and has repeatedly refuted these kind of claims. It's also not included in the official Democratic Party platform. Biden's plan would actually increase budgets for some departments choosing to enact reform, offering up to $300 million in federal incentives. Some progressives within the party, however, have made calls to do so — though they disagree over the broader meaning of how much the slogan means reform vs. actually diminishing budgets.

"Fixing" the Veterans Administration

What was said: "We also passed VA Accountability and VA Choice; our great veterans, we're taking care of our veterans — 91 percent approval rating this month, the VA. Given by our veterans. First time anything like that has happened." – President Trump in his acceptance speech.

Basic historical facts

Some quick Googling would have saved the RNC speechwriters from making these mistakes.

Misquoting Abe Lincoln

What was said: "Abraham Lincoln once famously said: 'America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.'" – Lara Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and campaign adviser, who spoke on night three.

What the facts are: Lincoln never said this. The made-up quote has been widely shared online, even by Trump himself. An Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum historian told Politifact last year that it's an iteration of what Lincoln has actually said: "At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."

Continue reading BELOW the FOLD for the balance of Trump's and the party of deception's most egregious lies at the Republican National Convention.

We know the Trump lackeys', cultists,  and sycophants are immune to truth and integrity, but hopefully independents and sane republicans will take note and cast their valuable vote for the superior in EVERY way candidate on November 3, 2020. That candidate is obviously Joseph Biden.  Biden is the man to repair the Trump created damage and pul us out of these turbulent times.