White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney made an apples-to-oranges comparison when he said he couldn’t understand why Democrats opposed supplemental funding for a border wall since many of them were for it back in 2006.
In an interview with the AP, the president stretched the facts on China, his border wall and job creation.
The president distorted the facts on jobs, immigration, health insurance, war spending and more.
With the presidential election just a few days away, we offer a sampling of the misleading claims made by Donald Trump during speeches this week.
As he explains his plan on illegal immigration, Trump gets several facts wrong.
Republican speakers twist facts on immigration, crime, Benghazi and employment.
Donald Trump’s once delayed, and much anticipated, speech on Hillary Clinton’s character, included numerous false and misleading statements.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry routinely boasts that border apprehensions dropped 74 percent in Texas after he sent state law enforcement to the border last year. But Perry takes too much credit.
Sen. Rand Paul said the attack in Garland, Texas, was “an example of how we do need to secure our border,” but neither of the attackers crossed the southern border to gain access to the U.S. Both were Americans.
The Republican presidential primary has three new contenders: former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina; and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.