Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says, in his way, that the trade deficit with China is $500 billion a year, though it has never been $500 billion a year. This is one of the top five most frequent false claims of his presidency; he's said it more than 125 times. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says China has had its worst economic year in "57 years." It is 27 years, according to official data. There is no apparent reason for Trump to have made it 35 years, 50 years, 52 years, 54 years, 57 years or 61 years, all of which he has done in the last few weeks. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump tells a substantially different version of his usual story about talking to Sonny Perdue about China's agricultural spending. In general, Trump's stories about his private exchanges with people are highly suspect. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump criticizes "the fake news" for refusing to tell people that China is covering the cost of his tariffs, which economists say it is not, at least not even close to in full. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says that, in many cases, "it's our allies that took the greatest advantage of this country," but not under his watch. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump gives a shoutout to his children, whom he says love America, and then to Diamond and Silk, to whom he says he was alerted by the First Lady. There are loud cheers. "They are incredible. Incredible people," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump, thanking a long list of people, shouts out Republican congressmen Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes. He congratulates Nunes for being an early attacker of James Comey, when it "wasn't in vogue." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump, as usual, says "thousands and thousands" of people are watching the rally from outside. Anyone out there reporting or hanging out? This is the most recent picture I've seen. https://t.co/VvCk8UOBic — PolitiTweet.org

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Sir Alert: Trump says that since the weather in the state was bad (though it's fine in Fayetteville), people told him "maybe we could skip North Carolina today, sir," but he said "no thank you." (This tale of him rejecting advice not to come has become a staple of his rallies.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Dan Bishop on himself and opponent Dan McCready: "Vote for right Dan, not wrong Dan." — PolitiTweet.org

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Dan Bishop resumes his speech, calling out "socialist Democrats" and the "fake media." He does a Trump-style accusatory point back at the cameras. — PolitiTweet.org

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There's a medical issue in the crowd. The rally pauses. Trump breaks the silence to say this happens because people line up so long to get in. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says there is "a lot of illegal voting going on" in California. As always, there is absolutely no evidence for this. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump usually claims his wall is going up "very fast" or "rapidly." This time he said "going up very big." (Zero new additional miles had been built as of August; 60 miles of replacement fencing had been built; some is big.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says tomorrow's special election is a chance to send a message to "the America-hating left." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump claims "the other side" is "not big believers in religion," if you "listen to some of them." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "Our evangelicals are here tonight, and they're all over the place." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump, as usual, needlessly exaggerates a great number for him, falsely saying women's unemployment is at the lowest level in "72 years." Aside from earlier in his term, it's the lowest in 66 years. https://t.co/gDPWAbzqmW — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump correctly says that African American unemployment rate is at a record low, at least under the current 70s-onward methodology, and then incorrectly says Asian American unemployment is at a record low; it's slightly higher than it was at the end of the Obama era. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says the media first tried "the Russia thing" and then tried "the recession thing." News outlets have not invented recession fears. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says he won "one of the greatest" elections. He says this way "the fake news" won't say, like, George Washington won a better election. (Washington did not face competitive elections.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump starts on script, praising Bishop and expressing the "unwavering solidarity of the American people" with communities hit by Hurricane Dorian. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WriterDeVane @CrownComplexNC Steve, do you have even a very rough estimate of the crowd outside? — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Pence, introducing Trump, this time says, "We've given health care choice to every veteran in America." They did expand the Choice program, but still, not every veteran has access to private care -- you have to be facing a wait of 20 days or a drive of 30 minutes at the VA. — PolitiTweet.org

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"It's going to take at least four more years to drain that swamp," Pence says in introducing Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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This rally is in support of Republican Dan Bishop, who's running in tomorrow's special election in NC's 9th district. His opponent is Democrat Dan McCready. Trump has repeatedly said McCready supports open borders, though he supports physical barriers and various other measures. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump likes to talk about the hardships his supporters will endure to get into one of his rallies. This evening, it is nonexistent rain. — PolitiTweet.org

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That's just how I live my life, so yes, both https://t.co/ERi446bUWd — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at NOAA after after the agency’s Birmingham office d… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jivehearitllive ? I'm just quoting him directly — PolitiTweet.org