. . . repeating . . .
| No. | Claim | Fact or Explanation |
1
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launched an unprecedented economic boom rarely seen before | GDP increased by 4.2% in Q2 of 2018, a high under Trump. Obama surpassed that 4 times during his presidency. |
2
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created 5.3 million new jobs | Jobs actually increased 4.9 million. |
3
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added 600,000 new manufacturing jobs | 454,000 new manufacturing jobs were added. |
4
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everyone’ said above would be ‘impossible’ to do | Manufacturing jobs grew at a similar rate under Obama and significantly faster during the 1990s (Clinton and Bush presidencies) |
5
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nearly 5 million Americans have been ‘lifted off’ food stamps | 3.5 million Americans have gotten off food stamps. During Obama’s second term 5 million Americans got off food stamps. |
6
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passed a massive tax cut for working families | Over 75% of the Trump tax cut went to the wealthy |
7
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virtually ended the estate tax, or death tax | Only 0.2% of very wealthy Americans pay estate tax |
8
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U.S. is now the #1 producer of oil and natural gas in the world | This has been true since 2013 during Obama’s second term. |
9
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our economy is thriving like never before | The economy is not the ‘best’ in history and is currently showing signs of slowing. |
10
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“I want people to come into our country in the largest numbers ever”. . . legally | Trump supports a bill which would sharply reduce legal immigration. In 2019 he cut refugee admissions to the lowest level in 49 years. |
11
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year after year, countless Americans are murdered by criminal illegal aliens | Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans. |
12
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San Diego used to have the most illegal border crossings in our country . . . a strong security wall was put in place . . . almost completely ended illegal crossings | The barrier ‘did not have a discernible impact’ on border crossings according to the Congressional Research Service (non-partisan). |
13
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El Paso used to have extremely high rates of violent crime . . . and considered one of our nation’s most dangerous cities | El Paso was never one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. |
14
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(after building a barrier) El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country | El Paso had the second-lowest crime rate of cities its size before the barrier. |
15
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my budget will ask Democrats and Republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years | Trump’s 2019 budget slashed $123 million from AIDS programs |
16
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Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments from birth | There is no such thing as abortion ‘moments from birth.’ NY law does not allow abortion after a woman is twenty-four weeks pregnant, unless the mother’s life is in immediate jeopardy. |
17
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I withdrew the United States from the ‘disastrous’ Iran nuclear deal | The UN’s nuclear watchdog said the Iran deal WAS working and Trump’s intel chief says Iran is still complying without the U.S. |
. . . you figure out which high-profile person posited these gems at his 2019 state-of-the-union address.
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