Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: How Can You Trust A Chronic Liar?

Monday, September 16, 2024

How Can You Trust A Chronic Liar?

Do you trust anything that Trump says? It seems like every time he opens his mouth a lie comes out.

Here is a score card for the debate according to PolitiFact...

Trump	Harris
Trump repeats debunked claim about Haitian immigrants in Ohio* - Pants on Fire! Trump: "But the governor before, he said, ‘The baby will be born, and we will decide what to do with the baby.’" - False. Trump: "Every legal scholar, every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative, they all wanted (abortion) to be brought back to the states where the people could vote." - False. Trump: "It was a fraud, just like their number of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned out to be a fraud." - Pants on Fire. Trump: "Millions and millions of people … are pouring into our country monthly. Where it's, I believe 21 million people." - False. Trump: "Do you know that crime in Venezuela and crime in countries all over the world is way down. You know why? Because they've taken their criminals off the street, and they've given them to (Harris) to put into our country." - Pants on Fire! Trump: Under Biden and Harris, the U.S. had "the worst inflation we've ever had." - False. Trump: Referring to the lawsuits he and allies filed alleging irregularities in the 2020 presidential election that he lost, "No judge looked at it. … They said we didn’t have standing. A technicality." - False. Trump: Harris "wouldn't even meet with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu when he went to Congress to make a very important speech. She refused to be there 'cause she was at a sorority party of hers." - Half True. Trump: Harris "has a plan to defund the police." - Mostly False. Trump: On the Affordable Care Act, "I saved it." - False. Trump: Harris "wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison." - Mostly True. Trump: "Crime here is up and through the roof." - Mostly False.	Harris: "Economists have said that (the) Trump sales tax would actually result for middle-class families in about $4,000 more a year." - Half True. Harris: "Donald Trump left us the worst unemployment since the Great Depression." - False. Harris: When he was president, Trump "invited the Taliban to Camp David." - True. Harris: "In (Trump’s) Project 2025 there would be a national abortion, a monitor that would be monitoring your pregnancies, your miscarriages." - Mostly False. Harris: "The Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit — one of the highest we’ve ever seen in the history of America." - Mostly False. Harris: "We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production in history." - Half True.

Trump

Harris

Trump repeats debunked claim about Haitian immigrants in Ohio* - Pants on Fire!
Trump: "But the governor before, he said, ‘The baby will be born, and we will decide what to do with the baby.’" - False.
Trump: "Every legal scholar, every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative, they all wanted (abortion) to be brought back to the states where the people could vote." - False.
Trump: "It was a fraud, just like their number of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned out to be a fraud." - Pants on Fire.
Trump: "Millions and millions of people … are pouring into our country monthly. Where it's, I believe 21 million people." - False.
Trump: "Do you know that crime in Venezuela and crime in countries all over the world is way down. You know why? Because they've taken their criminals off the street, and they've given them to (Harris) to put into our country." - Pants on Fire!
Trump: Under Biden and Harris, the U.S. had "the worst inflation we've ever had." - False.
Trump: Referring to the lawsuits he and allies filed alleging irregularities in the 2020 presidential election that he lost, "No judge looked at it. … They said we didn’t have standing. A technicality." - False.
Trump: Harris "wouldn't even meet with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu when he went to Congress to make a very important speech. She refused to be there 'cause she was at a sorority party of hers." - Half True.
Trump: Harris "has a plan to defund the police." - Mostly False.
Trump: On the Affordable Care Act, "I saved it." - False.
Trump: Harris "wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison." - Mostly True.
Trump: "Crime here is up and through the roof." - Mostly False.

Harris: "Economists have said that (the) Trump sales tax would actually result for middle-class families in about $4,000 more a year." - Half True.
Harris: "Donald Trump left us the worst unemployment since the Great Depression." - False.
Harris: When he was president, Trump "invited the Taliban to Camp David." - True.
Harris: "In (Trump’s) Project 2025 there would be a national abortion, a monitor that would be monitoring your pregnancies, your miscarriages." - Mostly False.
Harris: "The Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit — one of the highest we’ve ever seen in the history of America." - Mostly False.
Harris: "We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production in history." - Half True.

Okay, what do you think? Is Trump a chronic liar?

Do you trust anything he says?

I have been called out for saying that Trump is lying about not knowing about Project 2025 but just look at the facts. I asked Perplexity AI: “Did Trump ever praise Project 2025?”

Answer
Based on the search results, there is strong evidence that many of the people who wrote Project 2025 did indeed work for Trump:
    A CNN review found that over 140 former Trump administration officials were involved in Project 2025, including more than half of the people listed as authors, editors and contributors. [1]
   Former Trump officials authored, in full or in part, 25 out of the 30 chapters in the Project 2025 agenda. [2]
   Six of Trump's former Cabinet secretaries and about 20 pages are credited to his first deputy chief of staff. [1]
   Specific examples of former Trump officials who contributed include:
Russell Vought (former OMB Director)
Christopher Miller (former Acting Secretary of Defense)
Ken Cuccinelli (former DHS official)
Ben Carson (former HUD Secretary)
Mandy Gunasekara (former EPA official)
William Perry Pendley (former BLM official)
Bernard McNamee (former FERC commissioner) [5]
The Heritage Foundation, which is spearheading Project 2025, employs many people closely tied to Trump. [1]
Despite Trump's attempts to distance himself from the project, the extensive involvement of his former officials has complicated these efforts. [3 & 4]
In summary, there is substantial evidence that a large number of Project 2025 contributors previously worked in the Trump administration, spanning various levels from Cabinet secretaries to senior aides and agency officials.

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1 comment:

Glennda9/16/24, 6:50 PM
Side stepped the January 6th issue. Lied no one was hurt. 13 people died that day. Liar thief plain asshole. Someone wants him back in office. Please carry the word. Vote Blue
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