Here we are again, four years later, fact-checking a campaign kickoff speech by Donald Trump.
The fact-checkable claims were different this time around, but history repeated itself nonetheless. Trump’s campaign kickoff speech in Orlando was littered with the same false or misleading claims he has so often repeated as president.
Phony numbers on trade. Unfounded claims about immigrants. False statements about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. Fishy economic statistics and wild exaggerations about his presidential accomplishments.
View the complete June 19 article by Salvador Rizzo on The Washington Post website here.