Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Turns out Trump also bragged about his El Paso crowd in during a meeting with law enforcement. He told Chief Greg Allen, out of the blue, "You know, I just left, we made a speech here about three months ago. And we could've sold it out four times." https://t.co/sUndqwoIeI — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's the Biden quote from tonight. He was talking about international reaction to Trump's comments on the Charlottesville white supremacist rallies. He caught himself before fully saying "Thatcher," saying "excuse me," but didn't replace it with another name. https://t.co/wqbFgITNiy — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's the Biden quote from tonight. He was talking about international reaction to Trump's comments on the Charlottesville white supremacist rallies. He caught himself before fully saying "Thatcher," saying "excuse me," but didn't replace it with another name. https://t.co/kh03letuy4 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@kris_sims A mistake, not a comparison. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Biden referred to Theresa May as “Margaret Thatcher” tonight, the second time he’s done that since May. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@chuckupd Haha no problem and thank you - was wondering what I was missing — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@chuckupd @NateSilver538 ? — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@NateSilver538 The personality traits that make someone think their quitting Twitter demands an essay make it impossible for them to quit Twitter. Twitter Quitter Paradox. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @AlxThomp: Biden: “Poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids." He quickly added, "Wealthy kids, black kids, Asian ki… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's Trump's public schedule for tomorrow. These fundraising events are expected to raise $10 million. (Public schedules don't include all of a president's activities.) https://t.co/zAcDYnm4mm — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@dylanmatt @DLind Had no idea Cellino and Barnes existed outside the Buffalo market — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@havethehabit Yeah, I hear you. I use "false claim" instead of "falsehood" because I think "falsehood" is a weird jargon word and "false claim" is a more plain-language explanation of what we're saying. But for sure. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@havethehabit It's subjective. In some cases, like when he makes up a phone call, it's a clear lie. In others, it's hard to tell. I'm more generous in terminology when it comes to little numerical errors, slight deviations from the truth, or complicated policy issues. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Meeting the medical staff at an El Paso hospital yesterday, Trump started talking about...crowd sizes. As dishonestly as usual. He wildly inflated the size of his rally in the city six months ago, wildly deflated the size of Beto O’Rourke’s crowd at a competing event. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@philosophergeek Agree! — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Last thought: Trump succeeds, to the limited extent his dishonesty succeeds, because he outlasts most media outlets. Perhaps (perhaps) a claim will be called out the first time or two; he’ll say it 125 times, and at least the final 123 will go unchallenged. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

There are good reasons not to use “lie” every time — I do a list of “false claims” because a solid chunk of them seem confused or uninformed rather than deliberate. But “the word lie is too powerful to use every time someone lies” is a weird one. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

This argument has always been so strange, that “lie” can only be used very infrequently because of its “power.” We’re in the accuracy business. If someone commits 1,000 crimes, we don’t call two of them “crimes” and the other 998 “non-legal activities.” https://t.co/7ISAIk1Ofo https://t.co/7DT5Hcvoib — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@daniel2e The investigation began in 2003. https://t.co/egAsjARECy — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@daniel2e I should've been clearer, but he was deputy AG for the first 2.5ish years of the Blagojevich investigation under Fitzgerald. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's the transcript of Trump's remarks on a commutation for Blagojevich. He pointedly noted that "the Comey gang," "sleazebags," put Blagojevich behind bars. (Mueller was FBI director, Comey friend and legal-team member Patrick Fitzgerald was prosecutor, Comey was deputy AG.) https://t.co/sGbvR0lwP3 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@Louis_Butko ? The killer is alive. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's the official transcript of Trump's public remarks during his meeting with law enforcement in El Paso. https://t.co/F3KOogcu5T — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's the official transcript of Trump's first comments on his "amazing day" of hospital visits in Dayton and El Paso. https://t.co/MUsKv7LCb0 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's Trump's public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don't include all of a president's activities.) https://t.co/r32EwIFtaS — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump has made at least four extremely false claims about sentences given to big-time drug traffickers. In March 2018, he said some “won’t even get jail” for killing “2,000 people” or “5,000 people.” — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Blagojevich, a former Celebrity Apprentice contestant, has a 14-year sentence. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @ddale8: Here is a real thing that happened: Based on nothing, the president and aides accused a mayor and senator of misrepresenting… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

In his comments just now in El Paso, Trump continued his criticism of Sherrod Brown and Nan Whaley, calling them “very dishonest people” while repeating his wholly dishonest story about what they said today. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

To me, this one is up there with his lie about a nonexistent phone call from the Boy Scouts on the list of unfathomable-level dishonesty. https://t.co/O89GbRjRDX — PolitiTweet.org