Fact Check: ABC Moderators Silent as Kamala Harris Repeats the Charlottesville 'Very Fine People' Hoax (breitbart.com)FULL STORY at above link.CLAIM: Kamala Harris claimed that Trump called neo-Nazis in Charlottesville “very fine people.”
VERDICT: FALSE. Trump said the neo-Nazis should be “condemned totally.” This is a debunked hoax.
Fact Check: ABC Moderators Silent As Kamala Harris Repeats Hoaxes About Trump and Race (breitbart.com)
Fact Check: Donald Trump Claims Migrants 'Taking Over' Buildings in America Under Kamala Harris's Leadership (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed during Tuesday night’s presidential debate that she had a middle-class upbringing.
VERDICT: Mostly false. Harris had a rich Canadian upbringing, growing up in Westmount — a majority English neighborhood in the French province of Quebec.
When asked if Americans are better off today than they were four years ago, Harris completely dodged the question, instead beginning with this line: “So, I was raised as a middle-class kid, and I am actually the only person on this stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of America.” FULL STORY at above link.
CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump said during Tuesday night’s debate that migrants are “taking over” buildings in Aurora, Colorado, under Vice President Kamala Harris’s leadership.
Fact Check: Harris Claims Trump Told Putin He Could Do Whatever He Wants (breitbart.com)VERDICT: True. A Venezuelan gang has taken over an apartment complex in Aurora.
Trump made the claim while discussing the economy, noting the impact migrants are having on Americans. FULL STORY at above link.
CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed during the debate with former President Donald Trump that Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin he could “do whatever the hell he wants and go into Ukraine.”
VERDICT: False. Trump never told Putin he could do “whatever the hell he wants,” and he never told Putin he could go into Ukraine.
The false claim is an oft-repeated lie from Democrats that stems from a story Trump told at a campaign rally in February in South Carolina. FULL STORY at above link.CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed at Tuesday’s debate that Russian president Vladamir Putin would “be sitting in Kyiv with his eyes on the rest of Europe” if former President Donald Trump had been commander-in-chief the past four years.
VERDICT: FALSE. Russia under Putin invaded neighbors during the George Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden administrations but not during the Trump administration. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Claims 'Not One' U.S. Troop in Any War Zone (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed Tuesday during a debate with former President Donald Trump that there were currently no active-duty troops in any combat zone anywhere around the world for the first time this century.
VERDICT: False. There are currently active duty U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Syria who have been under frequent attack by Iran-backed militia forces over the past year. There are also thousands of active-duty U.S. sailors deployed to the Middle East who are facing attacks by drone strikes and missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen. Earlier this year, three U.S. soldiers were killed on the border of Syria by Iran-backed forces. FULL STORY at above link.Claim: Kamala Harris said in the presidential debate Tuesday night that the trade deficit was one of the highest ever seen in U.S. history.
“The Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit — one of the highest we’ve ever seen in the history of America,” Harris said.
Verdict: FALSE.
The trade deficit climbed to around $653 billion in Trump’s final year as president, in part because of depressed global demand for U.S. goods and services and a U.S. economy that recovered sooner than most other developed economies. But it never rose to the levels seen under President George W. Bush or the Biden-Harris administration. FULL STORY at above link.Fact Check: Kamala Harris Distorts Unemployment Figures to Attack Trump (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Kamala Harris claimed that she supports Israel, after Donald Trump said she “hates” it.VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. Harris has hired radical anti-Israel advisers, even if she has offered rhetorical support. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Trump Says Inflation Was Very Low When He Was President—Even With Tariffs (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Kamala Harris said: “Donald Trump left us the worst unemployment since the Great Depression.”VERDICT: FALSE. Unemployment was 6.4% in January 2021, not far from full employment, when Trump left office. FULL STORY at above link.
Claim: Donald Trump said during the presidential debate Tuesday that inflation was very low when he was president—even though he imposed tariffs that critics said would raise prices.
“I had tariffs and no inflation,” Trump said in response to Kamala Harris’s false claim that his tariffs would be a national sales tax.
Verdict: True.
Inflation was very low during Donald Trump’s presidency, including after his imposition of tariffs. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Falsely Claims Trump Would Impose A National Sales Tax (breitbart.com)
Fact Check: Harris Falsely Claims Trump Wants to 'Terminate' the Constitution (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that then-Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) helped raise money for those rioting in Minnesota in 2020.
VERDICT: TRUE. Harris urged X/Twitter followers to donate to a bail fund for those who had been arrested in Minneapolis. In June 2020, Harris urged those that follow her to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which pays criminal bonds for people who cannot afford it. It raised $35 million amid widespread celebrity attention. FULL STORY at above link.Kamala Harris Dodged Question on Migration Policy (breitbart.com)
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Claims Biden-Harris Administration Ramped Up Oil Production (breitbart.com)
Claim: Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday claimed that the Biden-Harris administration has ramped up oil production.
Verdict: False. The Biden-Harris administration has actively worked to curb domestic oil production. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Falsely Claims Trump 'Sold Us Out' to China (breitbart.com)Fact Check: Kamala Harris Suggests Donald Trump Alone Squashed Senate Border Deal (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris suggested during Tuesday night’s presidential debate that former President Donald Trump single-handedly squashed a bill to expand immigration that Sens. James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) put forth.
VERDICT: Mostly false. Though Trump did oppose the bill from the start, Republicans and Democrats alike in the House and Senate voiced fierce opposition to the bill. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Falsely Claims She Never Called to Ban Fracking (breitbart.com)CLAIM: During Tuesday’s presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump claimed the FBI’s report of lower violent crime is a “fraud.”
VERDICT: True. The FBI’s reports do not include thousands of police precincts that are not reporting crime data to the federal agency. FULL STORY at above link.
Kamala Harris Screwed Seniors with Skyrocketing Medicare Premiums (breitbart.com)
CLAIM: Kamala Harris claimed that Donald Trump had disparaged the military, including the fallen.
VERDICT: FALSE. This is a familiar hoax started by the left-wing Atlantic, and the moderators failed to intervene.
Vice President Harris repeated a familiar hoax from President Joe Biden, who has claimed repeatedly that a report in the left-wing Atlantic — never directly corroborated, and refuted by many eyewitnesses — that former President Trump called dead soldiers “suckers and losers.”
She claimed, falsely, that Trump has disparaged fallen servicemen and women. Trump has, in fact, honored them, and has the support of the Gold Star families who lost relatives in the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan — whom Harris has never even bothered to contact. FULL STORY at above link
Fact Check: ABC Moderators Silent as Kamala Harris Repeats the Charlottesville 'Very Fine People' Hoax (breitbart.com)FULL STORY at above link.CLAIM: Kamala Harris claimed that Trump called neo-Nazis in Charlottesville “very fine people.”
VERDICT: FALSE. Trump said the neo-Nazis should be “condemned totally.” This is a debunked hoax.
Fact Check: ABC Moderators Silent As Kamala Harris Repeats Hoaxes About Trump and Race (breitbart.com)
Fact Check: Donald Trump Claims Migrants 'Taking Over' Buildings in America Under Kamala Harris's Leadership (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed during Tuesday night’s presidential debate that she had a middle-class upbringing.
VERDICT: Mostly false. Harris had a rich Canadian upbringing, growing up in Westmount — a majority English neighborhood in the French province of Quebec.
When asked if Americans are better off today than they were four years ago, Harris completely dodged the question, instead beginning with this line: “So, I was raised as a middle-class kid, and I am actually the only person on this stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of America.” FULL STORY at above link.
CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump said during Tuesday night’s debate that migrants are “taking over” buildings in Aurora, Colorado, under Vice President Kamala Harris’s leadership.
Fact Check: Harris Claims Trump Told Putin He Could Do Whatever He Wants (breitbart.com)VERDICT: True. A Venezuelan gang has taken over an apartment complex in Aurora.
Trump made the claim while discussing the economy, noting the impact migrants are having on Americans. FULL STORY at above link.
CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed during the debate with former President Donald Trump that Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin he could “do whatever the hell he wants and go into Ukraine.”
VERDICT: False. Trump never told Putin he could do “whatever the hell he wants,” and he never told Putin he could go into Ukraine.
The false claim is an oft-repeated lie from Democrats that stems from a story Trump told at a campaign rally in February in South Carolina. FULL STORY at above link.CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed at Tuesday’s debate that Russian president Vladamir Putin would “be sitting in Kyiv with his eyes on the rest of Europe” if former President Donald Trump had been commander-in-chief the past four years.
VERDICT: FALSE. Russia under Putin invaded neighbors during the George Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden administrations but not during the Trump administration. FULL STORY at above link.CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed Tuesday during a debate with former President Donald Trump that there were currently no active-duty troops in any combat zone anywhere around the world for the first time this century.
VERDICT: False. There are currently active duty U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Syria who have been under frequent attack by Iran-backed militia forces over the past year. There are also thousands of active-duty U.S. sailors deployed to the Middle East who are facing attacks by drone strikes and missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen. Earlier this year, three U.S. soldiers were killed on the border of Syria by Iran-backed forces. FULL STORY at above link.Claim: Kamala Harris said in the presidential debate Tuesday night that the trade deficit was one of the highest ever seen in U.S. history.
“The Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit — one of the highest we’ve ever seen in the history of America,” Harris said.
Verdict: FALSE.
The trade deficit climbed to around $653 billion in Trump’s final year as president, in part because of depressed global demand for U.S. goods and services and a U.S. economy that recovered sooner than most other developed economies. But it never rose to the levels seen under President George W. Bush or the Biden-Harris administration. FULL STORY at above link.Fact Check: Kamala Harris Distorts Unemployment Figures to Attack Trump (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Kamala Harris claimed that she supports Israel, after Donald Trump said she “hates” it.VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. Harris has hired radical anti-Israel advisers, even if she has offered rhetorical support. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Trump Says Inflation Was Very Low When He Was President—Even With Tariffs (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Kamala Harris said: “Donald Trump left us the worst unemployment since the Great Depression.”VERDICT: FALSE. Unemployment was 6.4% in January 2021, not far from full employment, when Trump left office. FULL STORY at above link.Claim: Donald Trump said during the presidential debate Tuesday that inflation was very low when he was president—even though he imposed tariffs that critics said would raise prices.
“I had tariffs and no inflation,” Trump said in response to Kamala Harris’s false claim that his tariffs would be a national sales tax.
Verdict: True.
Inflation was very low during Donald Trump’s presidency, including after his imposition of tariffs. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Falsely Claims Trump Would Impose A National Sales Tax (breitbart.com)
Fact Check: Harris Falsely Claims Trump Wants to 'Terminate' the Constitution (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that then-Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) helped raise money for those rioting in Minnesota in 2020.
VERDICT: TRUE. Harris urged X/Twitter followers to donate to a bail fund for those who had been arrested in Minneapolis. In June 2020, Harris urged those that follow her to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which pays criminal bonds for people who cannot afford it. It raised $35 million amid widespread celebrity attention. FULL STORY at above link.
Claim: Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday claimed that the Biden-Harris administration has ramped up oil production.
Verdict: False. The Biden-Harris administration has actively worked to curb domestic oil production. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Suggests Donald Trump Alone Squashed Senate Border Deal (breitbart.com)CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris suggested during Tuesday night’s presidential debate that former President Donald Trump single-handedly squashed a bill to expand immigration that Sens. James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) put forth.
VERDICT: Mostly false. Though Trump did oppose the bill from the start, Republicans and Democrats alike in the House and Senate voiced fierce opposition to the bill. FULL STORY at above link.
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Falsely Claims Trump 'Sold Us Out' to China (breitbart.com)
CLAIM: During Tuesday’s presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump claimed the FBI’s report of lower violent crime is a “fraud.”
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Falsely Claims She Never Called to Ban Fracking (breitbart.com)VERDICT: True. The FBI’s reports do not include thousands of police precincts that are not reporting crime data to the federal agency. FULL STORY at above link.
CLAIM: Kamala Harris claimed that Donald Trump had disparaged the military, including the fallen.
VERDICT: FALSE. This is a familiar hoax started by the left-wing Atlantic, and the moderators failed to intervene.
Vice President Harris repeated a familiar hoax from President Joe Biden, who has claimed repeatedly that a report in the left-wing Atlantic — never directly corroborated, and refuted by many eyewitnesses — that former President Trump called dead soldiers “suckers and losers.”
She claimed, falsely, that Trump has disparaged fallen servicemen and women. Trump has, in fact, honored them, and has the support of the Gold Star families who lost relatives in the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan — whom Harris has never even bothered to contact. FULL STORY at above link.