In the interest of fairness...and in anticipation of the sh!t-storm this will cause...Here is the rest of the countries take on trump's letter to Pelosi..yes, I know it's CNN..shall we take it as a given that none of the faithful will actually comment on the contents..but rather just attack the source? CNN is as partisan as Fox..so I pay little attention to either...
I did find some of the issues cogent...
Fact check: Trump's wild anti-impeachment letter to Pelosi is filled with false and misleading claims - CNNPolitics
On Tuesday afternoon, Trump released a six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which -- employing his distinctive vocabulary and punctuation -- he blasted Democrats' push to impeach him, defended his dealings with Ukraine and touted his accomplishments in office.
Like much of his previous rhetoric about Ukraine and impeachment, much of the letter was false or misleading.
Trump repeated multiple false claims that have been debunked on numerous occasions. He also delivered some new claims that were false, misleading or lacking in context.
My favorites:
"Trump claimed "a colossal reduction in illegal border crossings."
Facts First: While there has been a reduction since May, it is only a reduction from the high point of the Trump era; the total number of people apprehended at the southwest border, a proxy measure for the number of actual crossings, has been higher under Trump than it was in the late Obama era.
Trump boasted of the US "becoming the world's top energy producer."
Facts First: The US became the world's top energy producer in 2012, according to the government's Energy Information Administration -- under Obama, whom Trump has repeatedly accused of perpetrating a "war on American energy."
Trump claimed "a completely reformed VA with Choice and Accountability for our great veterans."
Facts First: The Veterans Choice program was signed into law by Obama in 2014. Trump signed a law in 2018 to expand and modify the Choice program, the VA MISSION Act, but he did not create Choice.
Trump touted "the building of the Southern Border Wall."
Facts First: As of December 6, the date of the latest official update from Customs and Border Protection, no miles of border wall had been constructed where barriers did not previously exist. (Construction had started on some new barriers, the government said.) Trump has argued that the replacement of old barriers with newer barriers should count as the building of his wall; as of December 6, 90 miles of replacement barriers had been erected."
I did find some of the issues cogent...
Fact check: Trump's wild anti-impeachment letter to Pelosi is filled with false and misleading claims - CNNPolitics
On Tuesday afternoon, Trump released a six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which -- employing his distinctive vocabulary and punctuation -- he blasted Democrats' push to impeach him, defended his dealings with Ukraine and touted his accomplishments in office.
Like much of his previous rhetoric about Ukraine and impeachment, much of the letter was false or misleading.
Trump repeated multiple false claims that have been debunked on numerous occasions. He also delivered some new claims that were false, misleading or lacking in context.
My favorites:
"Trump claimed "a colossal reduction in illegal border crossings."
Facts First: While there has been a reduction since May, it is only a reduction from the high point of the Trump era; the total number of people apprehended at the southwest border, a proxy measure for the number of actual crossings, has been higher under Trump than it was in the late Obama era.
Trump boasted of the US "becoming the world's top energy producer."
Facts First: The US became the world's top energy producer in 2012, according to the government's Energy Information Administration -- under Obama, whom Trump has repeatedly accused of perpetrating a "war on American energy."
Trump claimed "a completely reformed VA with Choice and Accountability for our great veterans."
Facts First: The Veterans Choice program was signed into law by Obama in 2014. Trump signed a law in 2018 to expand and modify the Choice program, the VA MISSION Act, but he did not create Choice.
Trump touted "the building of the Southern Border Wall."
Facts First: As of December 6, the date of the latest official update from Customs and Border Protection, no miles of border wall had been constructed where barriers did not previously exist. (Construction had started on some new barriers, the government said.) Trump has argued that the replacement of old barriers with newer barriers should count as the building of his wall; as of December 6, 90 miles of replacement barriers had been erected."
