162 #lies & #distortions in a “news conference”. #NPR’s #FactCheck of #Trump
There were a host of false things that Donald Trump said during his hour-long “news” conference Thurs that have gotten attn.
A team of NPR reporters & editors reviewed the transcript of his “news” conference & found AT LEAST 162 #misstatements, #exaggerations & outright #lies in 64 minutes. That's >2 a minute.
#TrumpLies
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conference
It's a stunning number of #lies for anyone - & even more problematic for a person running to #lead the free world.
Politicians spin. They fib. They misspeak. They make honest mistakes like the rest of us. And, yes, they even sometimes exaggerate their biographies.
The expectation, though, is that they will treat the #truth as something important & correct any errors.
But what #Trump did this past Thurs went well beyond the bounds of what most politicians would do.