Fact Checking the Fact-Free Party, Day 3

The steamroller of lies continued on the third day of the MAGA cult's coronation last night. There were some whoppers from the speakers, and some from the rubber stamp VP selection's speech. From CNN, which has the full explanation of why these statements don't pass the smell test:

• Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée and former Fox News host, slammed Biden for his handling of the economy in her speech on the third night of the Republican National Convention.
• Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley said in his opening remarks at the party convention on Wednesday: “Our economy is not nearly as strong as it was four years ago.”
• Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich claimed that “President Trump orchestrated an orderly end to the Afghanistan war with no American killed in nearly two years.”
• Florida Rep. Brian Mast claimed at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday that the Biden administration has distracted the military “with millions of hours of so-called extremism training.”
• Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas claimed in his Republican National Convention speech on Wednesday that there has been “record-high inflation” under the Biden administration.

The number two (scatalogically speaking) guy on the MAGA ticket introduced himself to America in true Trumpian form...by lying:

• Former President Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, insinuated in his speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday that Trump had opposed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
• Vance said that "A career politician by the name of Joe Biden supported NAFTA, a bad trade deal that sent countless good jobs to Mexico.”

More here at the Washington Post. Thankfully the spectacle will conclude tonight with the third time crowning of the Malignant Loser by his worshipful cult. We expect the fact checkers will be working overtime again.

BONUS: Check out this moronic behavior aping their cult leader's bandage. The last one with the Scotch tape is priceless. What if he'd been shot in his ass?

Fact Checking The Fact-Free Party

Orders have been issued from the MAGA cult leader to turn down the rage and dystopian language, but apparently the orders didn't include outright lying and deception. CNN has a fact check of the various Republican National Convention speakers on their day one. A sample:

• "...Trump’s comments in the convention video also included some of his regular false claims about elections. After claiming he would 'once and for all secure our elections' as president, Trump again insinuated the 2020 election was not secure, saying, 'We never want what happened in 2020 to happen again.'”
• "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia claimed of Democrats: 'They claim that our economy is thriving, yet hundreds of thousands of American-born workers lost their jobs these past few years.'”
• A video played at the Republican National Convention featured a narrator making the claim that Trump 'gave us the largest tax cuts in history.'”
• "Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said in his speech on Monday: 'Four years ago, Europe and the Middle East were at peace.'”

The fact checkers have more at the link, along with the actual facts that undercut the lies. We have three more days of this blatant pathological lying from the MAGAts. Buckle up.

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