https://www.thestar.com/news/world/uselection/2016/11/04/donald-trump-the-unauthorized-database-of-false-things.htmlDonald Trump: The unauthorized database of false thingsThe Star’s Washington Bureau Chief, Daniel Dale, has been following Donald Trump’s campaign for months. He has fact checked thousands of statements and found hundreds of falsehoods
The Star’s Daniel Dale has been fact checking Trump’s public statements on the U.S. election campaign trail since September 15. Below, find the complete list of the false statements Dale has found.
After that (very long) list, Tanya Talaga examines the errors, exaggerations and lies for patterns. Some remain hard to explain. Click here to jump directly to this analysis.
1. The electoral system is rigged
“There is tremendous voter fraud.” — Oct. 17
After plummeting in the polls after the first two debates, Trump began to repeatedly question the fairness of the election. “Rigged” became his catchword.
He claimed Hillary Clinton campaign workers hired “thugs” to cause violence at his rallies, twisting the evidence from an undercover video to unfairly disparage Clinton. He claimed there was widespread voter fraud in Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis — cities with large black populations that heavily favour Democrats.
In Greeley, Colo., Trump told his supporters if they don’t trust mail-in ballots, they should vote again in person. So, one did. Trump supporter Terri Lynn Rote, a 55-year-old from Iowa, was charged by police for suspicion of voting twice.
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2. Inner cities are dangerous hellholes
“You get shot walking to the store. They have no education. They have no jobs.” — Oct. 19
African Americans do not like Trump. A summer poll showed Trump’s support among blacks in swing states Ohio and Pennsylvania was 0 per cent. So, in an apparent effort to broaden his appeal, Trump vowed to rebuild America’s inner cities.
Trump made many of those promises in speeches to practically all-white audiences. And his broad generalizations were seen by many blacks as insulting and racist. Economic data show that many U.S. inner cities are enjoying a resurgence — and that many black Americans are educated and live in the suburbs.
Trump also regularly stated that America’s murder rate is the highest in 45 years. Actually, the U.S. murder rate is among the lowest it has been in 45 years. It did rise 10 per cent from 2014 to 2015, but the rate is still historically low at 4.9 out of every 100,000 people. In 1970, it was 7.9 out of every 100,000 people.
In sum, his statements about blacks and inner cities seem directed at white fears, not black need.
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