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Kamala Harris, 09/10/2024 Debate – Fact Check
Qualifying Criterions: Kamala’s response is a lie, dishonest, intellectually dishonest, and/or refused to respond to a clear question. Please advise if anything missed, this is intended to be complete.
Qualifying Criterions: Kamala’s response is a lie, dishonest, intellectually dishonest, and/or refused to respond to a clear question. Please advise if anything missed, this is intended to be complete.
- In response to the question of which economy was better, four years under Trump, or that under Biden/Kamala’s term.
- 1A. Kamala spoke for two minutes narrating what she was going to do, but failed to answer a direct question.
- 1B. Kamala said Trump’s plan is a 20% tax on imports. FACTS: The tariffs are already in effect and the percentages charged on imports vary. More importantly, the Biden/Kamala administration did not remove “Trump’s tariffs”, and some tariffs have increased under the Biden/Kamala administration.
- 1C. Kamala said Trump left us the highest unemployment rate since the great depression. FACTS: The unemployment rate in December 2020 was on the decrease, at 6.7%. Which was the highest unemployment rate since the Obama administration. By comparison, the country has recovered from COVID, yet unemployment is on the increase, currently 4.2%.
- 1D. Kamala said Trump left us the worst pandemic in a century. FACTS: Did he leave the same throughout the world too?
- 1E. Kamala said Trump’s attack on our democracy was the worst since the Civil War. FACTS: Unproven, but incidentally, Kamala was installed into the general election without one.
- 1F. Kamala was asked why the Biden/Kamala administration didn’t remove “Trump’s tariffs”. She did not respond to a direct question.
- 1G. Kamala said Trump sold our chips to China to improve their military. FACTS: This statement is unsupported.
- 1H. Kamala said, “What you’re going to hear tonight is a detailed and dangerous plan called Project 2025 that the former president intends on implementing if he were elected again”. FACTS: Unsupported, Trump is not associated with 2025, and has openly rejected 2025.
- In response to the question of abortion:
- 2A. Note the moderators piped in to say that no State allows for abortions into the ninth month. FACTS: Trump didn’t say they did. He said some Democrats have said they support it.
- 2B. Kamala said Trump will outlaw abortion nationally, under “2025”. FACTS: Unsupported. Trump’s not affiliated with “2025”, and abortion laws reside at the State level.
- 2C. Kamala said Trump does not support IVF. FACTS: Trump’s stated multiple times he supports IVF, including “Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for IVF”.
- In response to the question of justice:
- 3A. Kamala said Pence called for defunding federal law enforcement 45,000 agents. FACTS: This statement is unsupported.
- 3B. Kamala said Trump will terminate the Constitution of the United States. FACTS: This statement is unsupported.
- In response to the accusation Kamala changed her position on fracking:
- 4A. Kamala said she’s always supported fracking. FACTS: Kamala opposed fracking advocating for a ban during her 2019 presidential bid.
- 4B. Kamala said under Biden/Kamala, domestic oil production has seen the largest increase in history. FACTS: Baloney. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m
- In response to January 6th:
- 5A. Kamala said Trump incited a violent mob to attack the nation’s Capitol. FACTS: Repetitive false narration, and in fact, Trump called for peace before and during the event.
- 5B. Kamala said Trump said there were fine people on both sides of the Charlottesville incident, selling a racist narrative. FACTS: Trump said “You also had some very fine people on both sides”.
- 5C. Kamala said Trump said there will be a bloodbath if the outcome of the election is not to his liking. FACTS: Trump said there will be a bloodbath if Biden is reelected, referring to energy industries.
- In response to the question of the Israeli conflicts:
- 6A. Kamala said it’s well known Trump is weak and wrong on foreign affairs. FACTS: Unsupported. The facts show Trump demonstrated the opposite.
- 6B. Kamala said it’s well known Trump has love affairs with dictators. FACTS: Unsupported.
- 6C. Kamala said Trump said he’d become a dictator on day one. FACTS: Trump’s statement is being taken out of context. Trump talks a lot of smack, this is called an exaggeration, it’s not a declaration as Kamala presents it.
- 6D. Kamala said Trump said Putin can do whatever he wants. Partially true, but again, taken out of context. Once again Trump was talking smack, he’s an entertainer. “NATO was busted until I came along,” Trump said at a rally in Conway, South Carolina. “I said, ‘Everybody’s gonna pay.’ They said, ‘Well, if we don’t pay, are you still going to protect us?’ I said, ‘Absolutely not.’ They couldn’t believe the answer.”
- 6E. Kamala said it’s well-known Trump and “the little rocket-man☺” exchange love letters. FACTS: Unsupported.
- 6F. Kamala said it’s very well-known all these dictators are supporting Trump. FACTS: Unsupported. Trump was the only POTUS to visit little rocket’s country, perhaps he supports Trump? wars aren’t fun. Putin has stated he supports the Democrats.
- 6G. Kamala said dictators manipulate Trump. FACTS: Unsupported.
- In response to the question of Harris’ race:
- 7A. Kamala said it’s a tragedy Trump wants to be POTUS, as he has made it a career to consistently use race to divide the American people. FACTS: Aint that rich?
- 7B. Kamala said Trump is lying, she’s not supporting taking anyone’s guns away,. FACTS:
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