The third night offered yet another cascade of false claims, especially in Vice President Pence’s speech. Here are 19 statements that caught our attention.
Category: Politics
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Michael Cohen blasts the ‘real Donald Trump’ in new Democratic attack ad
“I’m here to tell you he can’t be trusted — and you shouldn’t believe a word he utters,” the president’s former lawyer says.
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All the glaring contradictions in Mike Pence’s speech
Like that Americans won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.
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A swing voter’s conundrum: She doesn’t like Trump, but she can’t stomach Biden’s position on abortion.
Gia Capriotti watched the third night of the RNC to try and make up her mind.
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Biden to troll Trump with 2-minute ad set to run during renomination speech
The Democrat’s team releases a spot Thursday that portrays him as a vibrant campaigner, even as the GOP tries to say he’s too old to be president.
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The GOP convention flunks its own history test
The GOP this week has played up the importance of understanding our history and learning from it, yet multiple speakers have gotten basic historical facts wrong.
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Walking through Pence’s defense of his coronavirus efforts, word by word
Falsehoods, omissions and gaslighting.
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Room rentals, resort fees and furniture removal: How Trump’s company charged the U.S. government more than $900,000
The president has taken other actions that have shattered his early promise to “completely isolate” himself from his business.
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Trump isn’t doing much to shore up his weaknesses at this convention
On the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter and women, he and the speakers are sticking with the same old rhetoric
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After online warnings, armed civilians bring threat of violence to protests in Kenosha and elsewhere
Shooter in Kenosha deaths was one of many armed civilians on the streets.