CNN Fact-Checker Exposes ‘Lie After Lie’ That Trump Told At Debate

Former President Donald Trump “made at the very least 33 false claims” in comparison with “at the very least one false declare” from Democratic rival Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential debate, in accordance with CNN’s fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale.

“What stood out was that this was a staggeringly dishonest debate efficiency from former President Trump. Simply lie after lie on topic after topic,” stated Dale.

“No main presidential candidate earlier than Donald Trump has ever lied with this type of frequency,” Dale famous. “A remarkably giant chunk of what he stated tonight was simply not true, and this wasn’t like little exaggeration, political spin. A number of his false claims had been untethered to actuality.”

Dale cited Trump’s feedback on abortion, crime figures, healthcare and the “odious” baseless rumor about migrants consuming pets in Ohio as being the topic of simply a few of the Republican nominee’s untruths.

“Frankly, I don’t have sufficient time right here to run by every particular Trump false declare,” he stated, pointing viewers to his workforce’s on-line reality examine of the controversy.

Harris’ false declare was “concerning the financial state of affairs that the Biden-Harris administration was left by Trump” that wasn’t as unhealthy as she instructed, stated Dale. She “added at the very least a number of deceptive claims and some extra that lack key context,” stated Dale, however it was incomparable to Trump’s lies.

On X, previously Twitter, Dale wrote: “Trump has been staggeringly dishonest and Harris has been overwhelmingly (although not completely) factual.”