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 LIAR:  Trump bullshits nation in speech to Congress

By D.B. Hirsch
March 1, 2017 1:34 pm - NewsBehavingBadly.com

Lies, lies, lies.

Think Progress: Trump’s address to Congress was riddled with falsehoods about the energy industry

Also TP: Trump draws a fake conclusion from a study that actually finds immigration is good for the economy

Also TP: Trump was too busy scaring you about immigrants to address hate crimes

Guardian did a fact-check of the speech. You guessed it: lies, more lies, and even more lies.

Salon: Same lies, terrifying new context

More Salon: Trump took credit in speech for achievements he didn’t earn

Raw Story: Chris Matthews nails Trump’s speechifying as deceptive ‘dicking around’ while avoiding the hard truths

Also RS: CNN fact-checked Trump’s Yemen claim. You guessed it: he lied!

NY Times: Reaction to Trump’s speech underlined the divisions on Capitol Hill and in America

The Hill: Trump won’t talk about his destroy-the-environment agenda

Dan Rather: Trump’s “unify the nation” head fake masked his divisive agenda

Bernie Sanders: He’ll gut Obamacare and give the money to his ‘billionaire friends’

Michael Moore: Trump is all about the applause, over the dead body of an American soldier

D.B. Hirsch
D.B. Hirsch
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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