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Donald Trump made 61 statements in his speech. 51 were false
Posted a day ago by indy100 staff in news
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his first address to Congress, and event fact checkers were watching like hawks.
Given the 45th President's well-documented and open attitude to proliferating myths and false statements, the stage was set for a night of disproving the President.
Politifact listed a number of points of inaccuracy and contention - largely criticising the president for not providing context to remarks or for taking credit for pre-existing policy points.
The Center for American Progress claimed that he made 51 incorrect statements, crowdsourcing factcheckers in a Google doc:
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Trump told a whopping 51 lies in his 61-minuted #Jointsessionaddress.
(Full GoogleDoc is coming!)
10:49 PM - 28 Feb 2017
Donald Trump made 61 statements in his speech. 51 were false
Posted a day ago by indy100 staff in news
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United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his first address to Congress, and event fact checkers were watching like hawks.
Given the 45th President's well-documented and open attitude to proliferating myths and false statements, the stage was set for a night of disproving the President.
Politifact listed a number of points of inaccuracy and contention - largely criticising the president for not providing context to remarks or for taking credit for pre-existing policy points.
The Center for American Progress claimed that he made 51 incorrect statements, crowdsourcing factcheckers in a Google doc:
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We did the math...
Trump told a whopping 51 lies in his 61-minuted #Jointsessionaddress.
(Full GoogleDoc is coming!)
10:49 PM - 28 Feb 2017