Sunday, November 6, 2016

The Washington Post: Donald Trump hasn’t told the truth repeatedly in this campaign. Voters still think he is more honest than Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump has said, repeatedly, that he opposed the war in Iraq from the start. He didn't. He said he saw “thousands” of Muslims celebrating on New Jersey rooftops on the night of Sept. 11, 2001. Didn't happen. He said that 58 percent of black youths are unemployed. Nope.

These are far from isolated incidents. In fact, 63 percent of the 91 Trump statements that the WaPo's Fact Checker has checked were given a Four Pinocchio rating — meaning they were/are totally false. (A typical candidate gets Four Pinocchios somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of the time; 14.2 percent of Clinton's claims have been given Four Pinocchios.)

In short: There is no doubt that even in the quadrennial truth-stretching that happens in presidential campaigns, Trump has set records for fabrication. And yet, this: ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/02/donald-trump-hasnt-told-the-truth-repeatedly-in-this-campaign-voters-still-think-he-is-more-honest-than-hillary-clinton/


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