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“Stupid Jimmy Kimmel, who still hasn’t recovered from his horrendous performance and big ratings drop as Host of The Academy Awards, especially when he showed he suffered from TDS, commonly known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, to the entire World by reading on air my TRUTH about how bad a job he was doing that night”
Donald Trump Truth Social Post, 4/17/2024
Fact
The 2024 Oscars drew 21 million viewers across ABC, Hulu, Digital Platforms, marking the show’s biggest multi-platform audience since 2020, and a 5% increase in viewership from 2023.
Nielsen Ratings
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“I’m incredibly thrilled that we are going to have a real law that’s already on the books. I believe it’s ARS-13-3602. So it will prohibit abortion in Arizona except to save the life of the mother. And I think we’re going to be paving the way and setting course for other states to follow.”
Kari Lake, The Conservative Circus, 6/23/2022
Fact
Kari Lake is personally pro-life. Her position on a federal abortion ban is clear: she opposes it. Just like President Trump, Kari is opposed to the territorial law and is calling on the State Legislature [Arizona] to fix the issue.
Kari Lake Spokesperson after the April 2024 Arizona Supreme Court ruling on abortion.
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“I have not examined the evidence in detail, but reasonable people, including Trump opponents, tell me there is little evidence of a true insurrection. They observe that the protestors carried no weapons, had no plans or ability to seize the reins of government, and that Trump himself had urged them to protest ‘peacefully.’ birth — is unacceptable, and almost everyone agrees with that.”
RFK Jr. Statement, 4/5/2024
Fact
A statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office on April 5, 2024 said 129 defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack were charged with “using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.”
See PolitiFact Fact Checking article regarding the obviously false statement. It is also disturbing that any adult alive during this event could claim they do not have enough evidence to form their own opinion about whether the event was an insurrection. There was abundant video evidence, in some cases filmed by the rioters, played on most reputable news outlets continuously for months after the incident.
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“It must be remembered that the Democrats are the radical ones on this position because they support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month. The concept of having an abortion in the later months, and even execution after birth — and that’s exactly what it is. The baby is born, the baby is executed after birth — is unacceptable, and almost everyone agrees with that.”
Donald Trump, abortion statement, 4/8/24
Fact
Killing an infant after birth is infanticide and is illegal in all 50 states.
(see PolitiFact Factcheck article debunking a similar claim by Ron DeSantis in 2023).
“One such piece of misinformation is the idea of “abortions” being performed after delivery of a fetus. No such procedure exists.”
From “Facts Are Important”, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Alternative Fact
“You know, we won this State, we won this State by a lot. And it came out actually.”
Donald Trump, discussing the 2020 election at his 4/3/2024 rally in Green Bay, WI (at 6:30 in the video).
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“Ultimately, he won the election but there were lots of problems with the 2020 election. But I don’t think he won it fair, I don’t. I’m not going to say that.”
Ronna McDaniel, then RNC Chairwoman, CNN interview with Chris Wallace on 7/14/23
Fact
“He won, he is the legitimate president, fair and square. He won, it’s certified, it’s done. But I do think it’s fair to say there were problems in 2020.”
Ronna McDaniel, newly-hired @NBC News
Meet the Press interview with Kristen Welker, 3/24/24
Note: For the facts on the 2020 election, see Chris Krebs, the Trump-appointed director of the U.S. cyber agency (CISA), explain why President Trump’s claims of election interference are false.
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“I have concerns over the treatment of January 6th hostages”
(in response to Kristen Welkers’s question: Do you still think the people that stormed the Capital should be held responsible to the fullest extent of the law).
Elise Stefanik, Meet The Press, 2/25/24
Fact
“This has been a truly tragic day for America. Americans will always have the freedom of speech and the constitutional right to protest. Violence in any form is absolutely unacceptable. It is anti-American, and must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Elise Stefanik House Floor Speech, 1/6/21 (before determining that supporting the January 6th rioters and traitors is what Daddy Trump expected from her).
Alternative Fact
“….It has now been determined that the Mueller Scam should never have been set up in the first place, there were no grounds…”
President Trump, 9/12/20 Tweet
Fact
Determined by whom? Here is a timeline of events from ABC News. You decide.
Alternative Fact
“As we get closer and closer to the November 3rd Election, and as my poll numbers rocket up, the attacks get more and more vicious.”
President Trump, 9/5/20 Tweet
Fact
Trump’s approval rating aggregated by polls of likely voters as of 9/4/20:
52.1 % Disapprove
44.0 % Approve
Alternative Fact
“Senate-confirmed Presidential appointees may not even attend a political party convention or convention-related event.”
2019 State Department legal memo providing limitations on the political activity of U.S. diplomats and other State staffers
Fact
Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of State, delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention while on a business trip to Israel.
8/25/20
Alternative Fact
“The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat National Convention. At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose. Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they are coming from-it’s done. Vote Nov 3!”
President Trump, 8/22/20 Tweet
Fact
The original claim, made on Facebook by Peggy Hubbard, an Illinois Republican, was flagged as misleading by Facebook. Snopes, USA Today and Politifact also “fact checked” the claim and found it to be mostly false, but as everyone knows, President Trump is generally uninformed on details, reaches conclusion without having any supporting facts and believes anyone or anything that supports his narrative.
Alternative Fact
“So, I just heard that. I heard it today that she [Kamala Harris] doesn’t meet the requirements. And, by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, very talented lawyer. I have no idea if that’s right. I would’ve — I would have assumed the Democrats would have checked that out before she gets chosen to run for Vice President”
President Trump, 8/13/20 Coronavirus briefing, playing dumb and raising baseless questions about whether Kamala Harris is eligible to run for Vice President
Fact
Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California. She is a natural born citizen and meets the Constitution’s requirements to serve as vice president or president.
By the way, some people are saying that President Trump secretly dresses in women’s clothing. We at alternativefact.com don’t know if that is true, but we heard some people saying so…
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“Over the next two weeks I’ll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions for all customers. This has never been done before but it’s time the people of our country are properly represented and properly taken care of.”
President Trump, 8/7/20
Fact
The Affordable Care Act (ACA, or “Obama Care”) already requires insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, as stated in the US Department of Health & Human Services FAQ:
Can I get coverage if I have a pre-existing condition?
Yes. Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurance companies can’t refuse to cover you or charge you more just because you have a “preexisting condition” — that is, a health problem you had before the date that new health coverage starts. They also can’t charge women more than men.
To further illustrate how stupid Donald Trump thinks Americans are, the Trump administration is currently arguing in a case before the Supreme Court to strike down that very law — including its pre-existing condition protections.
And Fox News (or Fake News) thinks Americans are even dumber than Trump does, as their story on this announcement doesn’t even mention that pre-existing protections are already in place under Obama Care.
Alternative Fact
“I know many in business and politics that work out endlessly, in some cases to a point of exhaustion. It is their number one passion in life, but nobody complains, my ‘exercise’ is playing, almost never during the week, a quick round of golf. Obama played more and much longer rounds, no problem.”
President Trump Tweet, 7/12/20
Fact
Once again, Trump is sloppy with the facts (at best) or a liar. You decide. See chart below from trumpgolfcount.com.
Alternative Fact
“…No, if — I’m supposed to make a speech. You’ll tell me: Should I leave the mask on when I’m speaking? I don’t know. I just — it doesn’t sound right. But if it’s a mask environment, I would certainly wear a mask….”
President Trump, press gaggle, 5/5/20
Fact
President Trump wears a mask in public for the first time on 7/11/20 while visiting Walter Reed Medical Center, apparently the first “mask environment” that he has encountered since 5/5/20.
Alternative Fact
“…All Obama does now is sign executive orders. We want this, he can’t get it. Boom, executive order. And he’ll be out on a golf course in two, three, four or five years, and the courts will start getting these executive orders. And they’ll say, what he’s saying is look, I don’t know if it works or not, here’s an executive order, in five years don’t worry, I’ll be playing golf….”
President Trump, campaign speech in Muscatine, IA, 1/24/2016
Fact
President Obama signed an average of 34 executive orders (EOs) per year during his eight years in office. President Trump has signed an average of 48 executive orders per year in the first term in office in office.
Source: Wikipedia, 7/4/2020
Alternative Fact
“I’m not involved.”
President Donald Trump when asked by a reporter about the firing of Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosSeven states on Tuesday reported the highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic began, according to the Washington Post. They included California, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.ecutor in Manhattan, 6/20/20
Fact
“Unfortunately, with your statement of last night, you have chosen public spectacle over public service. Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so.”
Attorney General William Barr’s letter to Berman on 6/20/20 informing him that he had been fired by Trump
Alternative Fact
I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control. They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed. Far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated!
President Trump tweet, 6/7/2020
Fact
“More than 10,000 people poured into the nation’s capital on the ninth day of protests over police brutality, but what awaited this sprawling crowd — the largest yet in Washington — was a city that no longer felt as if it was being occupied by its own country’s military.”
Washington Post Article, 6/7/20, re: Saturday 6/6/20 crowds in Washington.
Alternative Fact
“I’m not involved.”
President Donald Trump when asked by a reporter about the firing of Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, 6/20/20
Fact
“Unfortunately, with your statement of last night, you have chosen public spectacle over public service. Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so.”
Attorney General William Barr’s letter to Berman on 6/20/20 informing him that he had been fired by Trump
Alternative Fact
” The remarkable testing capacity that each of you has made possible, it’s not only helping our nation to defeat the virus — that horrible, horrible, terrible, disgusting, angry virus — it’s paving the way to get America safely and responsibly back open for business, and that’s what we’re doing right now. We’re doing it right now. It’s happening very quickly, a lot quicker than people thought….”
President Trump, June 5, 2020
Fact
“By clicking register below, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending the Rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; BOK Center; ASM Global; or any of their affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, or volunteers liable for any illness or injury.”
The liability waiver on the Trump campaign’s sign-up page for free tickets to the June 19, 2020 Trump rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa.
Alternative Fact
Probably the only thing Barack Obama & I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General. I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about it. His nickname was “Chaos”, which I didn’t like, & changed to “Mad Dog”…
President Trump tweet, 6/3/2020
Fact
General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting….equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!
President Trump tweet, 12/20/2018
Alternative Fact
President Trump, holding a Bible at St. John’s Church, 6/1/20
Fact
Really?
President Trump, holding a Bible at St. John’s Church, 6/1/20
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There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed. The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone…..
President Trump Tweet, 5/26/20
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Stock Market up BIG, DOW crosses 25,000. S&P 500 over 3000. States should open up ASAP. The Transition to Greatness has started, ahead of schedule. There will be ups and downs, but next year will be one of the best ever!
President Trump Tweet, 5/26/20
Fact
The Dow remains down over 15% from February 2020.
5/26/20
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The CDC really let the country down with the testing because not only did they keep the testing within the bureaucracy but they had a bad test. And that did set us back.
WH Trade Advisor, Peter Navarro, NBC’s Meet The Press, 5/17/20
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“Wow! The Front Page @washingtonpost Headline reads, “A BOOST IN TESTS, BUT LACK OF TAKERS.” We have done a great job on Ventilators, Testing, and everything else.” (Trump, Tweet, 5/18/20)
“We’ve made a lot of people look very good with what we’ve done on ventilators, with what we’ve done on testing…”
President Trump, 5/15/20
“So we have the best testing in the world.”
“But we have the greatest testing in the world”
President Trump, 5/14/20 (Allentown, PA)
Alternative Fact
“We are getting great marks for the handling of the CoronaVirus pandemic, especially the very early BAN of people from China, the infectious source, entering the USA. Compare that to the Obama/Sleepy Joe disaster known as H1N1 Swine Flu. Poor marks, bad polls – didn’t have a clue”
President Trump Tweet, 5/10/20
Fact
H1N1 claimed over 12,000 lives in the US in 2009-2010. As of 5/10/2020 COVID-19 claimed over 80,000 US lives and has devastated the US economy.
Alternative Fact
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Fox Business Interview, 5/4/20
Fact
“Cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been reported in all states, and some areas are experiencing community spread of the disease. Travel increases your chances of getting and spreading COVID-19. CDC recommends you stay home as much as possible, especially if your trip is not essential, and practice social distancing especially if you are at higher risk of severe illness. Don’t travel if you are sick or travel with someone who is sick.”
CDC Web Site, 5/4/20
Alternative Fact
Karen Pence’s 4/30/20 interview on Fox & Friends explaining why Mike Pence did not wear a mask while visiting the Mayo Clinic.
Fact
“Mayo Clinic had informed @VP of the masking policy prior to arrival today”
May Clinic Tweet, 4/28/20 @ 2:18 pm (tweet since deleted but is still available on many web sites)
“All of us who traveled with him were notified by the office of @VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly.”
Tweet from Voice of America reporter, Steve Herman, who traveled to the Mayo Clinic with the Vice President and his team, 4/30/20.
Alternative Fact
President Trump, Coronavirus briefing, 4/24/20, suggesting that his comment about injecting a disinfectant into the lungs the day before was a joke.
Fact
“…Right. And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that. So, that, you’re going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds — it sounds interesting to me….”
President Trump, Coronavirus briefing, 4/23/20, suggesting that injecting a disinfectant into the lungs might kill the Coronavirus. Watch the video at 26:55. You decide if he meant it as a joke.
Alternative Fact
“The CDC director, I spoke with him just before coming out here. He was very clear in saying look, we might have flu reemerge in the fall. All Americans need to go out and get their flu shots, that was the thrust of his comments, but you know, leave it to the media to really take those out of context.”
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, meeting with reporters on 4/22/20, explaining what the CDC Director said to the Washington Post. Except that the CDC Director said something different [See Fact]
Fact
“There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through and when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean. We’re going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time.”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Robert Redfield, in a 4/21/20 interview with the Washington Post
Alternative Fact
“I don’t know about rallies. I really don’t know about rallies”
“I know one thing. I haven’t left the White House in months except for a brief moment to give a wonderful ship, the Comfort.”
President Trump, 4/20/20 Coronavirus briefing, responding to a question about rallies in February and March, 2020.
Fact
The Trump campaign held rallies on February 10, 19, 20, 21, and 28, and one on March 2nd.
Alternative Fact
“In speaking to the leaders of other countries this morning, they said this is incredible the way you’ve done this so quickly.”
“You know, we’re only talking about a few weeks since everybody knew this was such a big problem.”
President Trump, Coronavirus briefing, 4/18/20
Fact
See the Axios story detailing Peter Navarro’s January 2020 memo to the President warning of coronavirus pandemic that “could infect up to 100 million Americans with a loss of life of as many as 1-2 million soils.”
Axios, 4/7/20
Alternative Fact
“Governors will be empowered to tailor [an] approach that meets the diverse circumstances of their own states,” he said. “Every state is very different. They’re all beautiful. We love ’em all. But they’re very, very different.”
President Trump, 4/16/20
Fact
“LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”
“LIBERATE MICHIGAN!”
“LIBERATE MINNESOTA!”
President Trump Tweets, 4/17/20, encouraging protests in states
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“We ask that you work with Wisconsin churches and temples to allow them to hold Easter or Passover services, even if it’s outside”
Wisconsin Representative Vos’s (R) recent letter to Governor Tony Evers (D) encouraging him to allow religious services despite the governor’s “Safer at Home” order.
Fact
Vos in full personal protection equipment (PPE) on Tuesday 4/7/2020 while serving as an election inspector
Alternative Fact
“Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke with President Putin of Russia, & I expect & hope that they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if it happens, will be GREAT for the oil & gas industry!”
Fact
“Good for the consumer, gasoline prices coming down!”
President Trump Tweet, 3/9/20
Alternative Fact
“We might not have to do it but there’s a possibility that sometime today we’ll do a quarantine — short-term, two weeks for New York, probably New Jersey, certain parts of Connecticut,”
Fact
“A quarantine will not be necessary”
President Trump Tweet, 3/28/20
Alternative Fact
“I think they could have given us a lot earlier notice” about the outbreak of the virus in the city of Wuhan.”
Fact
Just finished a very good conversation with President Xi of China. Discussed in great detail the CoronaVirus that is ravaging large parts of our Planet. China has been through much & has developed a strong understanding of the Virus. We are working closely together. Much respect!
President Trump Tweet, 3/27/20
Alternative Fact
“I’ve felt that it [coronavirus] was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic”
Fact
WHO declared the coronavirus a pandemic on 3/11/20. A couple weeks earlier, Trump stated:
“The coronavirus is very much under control in the USA.” (2/24/20)
“… when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” (2/26/20)
Alternative Fact
“BIGGEST STOCK MARKET RISE IN HISTORY YESTERDAY!.”
President Trump, 7:08 am 3/14/20 Tweet
Fact
The three largest point losses in the Dow’s history occurred during the same week.
- 3/12/20 – Minus 2,353 Points
- 3/09/20 – Minus 2,014 Points
- 3/11/20 – Minus 1,465 Points