Fact-Checking Claims Made by Former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention
Former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday with the most dishonest speech of the four-day Republican National Convention, making more than 20 false claims by CNN's count. Many of the false claims were ones Trump has made before, spanning a wide variety of topics. Here is a fact-check of some of Trump's false or misleading remarks along with claims made by other speakers at the convention. Trump falsely claimed that there is record inflation under President Joe Biden. The current inflation rate is 3 in June 2024, nowhere near the all-time record of 23. Trump also made misleading claims about North Korean missile launches, the defeat of ISIS, a federal judge ruling, the impact of immigration on Medicare and Social Security, a trade deal with China, gas prices, IRS agents, tax increases by Biden, the Right to Try law, Russian warships near Cuba, military equipment left in Afghanistan, the situation before the Right to Try law, crime rates in Venezuela, immigration, US crime statistics, the Biden administration's handling of illegal immigration, grocery prices under Biden, US energy independence, the largest tax cuts, inflation during his presidency, and oil drilling. The article also covers false and misleading claims by Eric Trump, Mike Pompeo, Linda McMahon, and a Republican National Convention video featuring Ronald Reagan's voice. Fact-checking reveals that many of Trump's claims were either false or misleading, showing the importance of verifying statements made by political figures.
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