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Trump’s false and misleading Ukraine claims - Roll Call

2 months ago | inkl.com | Lori Robertson |Robert Farley

∙ He inflated the amount of U.S. aid for Ukraine and wrongly said the U.S. gave “$200 billion more than Europe.” Aid from Europe is higher than that from the United States. ∙ Trump distorted comments Zelenskyy made to claim that the Ukrainian president “admits that half of the money that we sent them is missing.” A Trump administration official has said the U.S. tracks the money. ∙ Trump called Zelenskyy a “dictator” and misleadingly said that he “refuses” to have elections.
Fact-checking Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention - Roll Call

Aug 21, 2024 | inkl.com | Robert Farley |D’Angelo Gore |Lori Robertson |Eugene Kiely

Former President Barack Obama claimed that his successor, Donald Trump, “wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut that would mostly help him and his rich friends.”At a rally in Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, Trump did promise to “massively cut taxes,” but the tax proposals he has put forth so far would benefit people at all income levels.
Fact-checking Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention - Roll Call

Aug 20, 2024 | inkl.com | Eugene Kiely |Lori Robertson |Robert Farley |D’Angelo Gore

The Democratic National Convention kicked off on Aug. 19 and lasts until Aug. 22. Just as FactCheck.org did for the Republican National Convention, it will fact-check the speeches on each night. In speaking about his Inauguration Day in 2021, Biden described the challenges then facing the country and mentioned “historic joblessness.” The economy was still struggling at that time, but many of the jobs lost in the early months of the pandemic had been regained.
FactCheck updates how the US has performed under Biden - Roll Call

Jul 26, 2024 | inkl.com | Brooks Jackson |Eugene Kiely |D’Angelo Gore |Lori Robertson

FactCheck’s latest quarterly update of “Biden’s Numbers,” which FactCheck first published in January 2022, comes days after Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. We’ll publish one more update in October, before Election Day. FactCheck published similar reports on “Trump’s Numbers” throughout former President Donald Trump’s time in office. FactCheck presents present various statistical indicators of how the country has fared.