74% Of Donald Trump’s Statements Checked By Politifact Are False
“I think he’s done a great job on our deficit in OH”, Charles Kronenberger, a Columbus resident, said of Kasich.
But his remarks on Muslims last week following the attacks by Islamic State militants in Paris that killed 130 people seemed to be giving his opponents new resolve.
The super-PAC’s ad now running in New England, part of a campaign that will include direct mail, radio, and digital advertising, suggests that Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson would need “on-the-job training” to deal with worldwide crises such as the Paris attacks. I would bring it back.
But when it comes to waterboarding, a form of torture that involves putting a cloth over someone’s head and then dumping water over that same cloth, the former The Apprentice star said, “Waterboarding is “peanuts” compared to what they do to us”.
Trump said only a stupid person would argue otherwise. A new “guerilla campaign” called Trump Card LLC is forming, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Trump replied: “I would certainly implement that”.
“We don’t really have the option of deciding whether it’s easy or not to take them out”, Carson said Sunday.
The idea for a database drew sharp rebukes from his Republican rivals and disbelief from legal experts who consider it unconstitutional.
Overall, 74 percent, or almost three out of every four statements of Trump’s checked, were false to a few degree. “I definitely want a database and other checks and balances”. I want a database for the refugees that – if they come into the country.
“We want to call out people who are saying outrageous things and clearly aren’t prepared to be our commander in chief”, spokeswoman Connie Wehrkamp said.
Facts are not Donald Trump’s strong suit, according to an independent analysis of the billionaire reality TV show host’s most controversial statements.
As evidence, Trump cited a September 18, 2001, story in The Washington Post that said in the hours after the attacks, authorities “detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river”.
The two presidential candidates have been recently sparring after a super PAC supporting Kasich launched a $2.5 million ad campaign against Trump. “If I’m treated fairly, I’m fine”.
All the Republican candidates, Trump included, have signed a pledge to support the party’s eventual presidential nominee and forgo independent runs in 2016.