Oh please. I'm talking about the media's tendency to play up his so-called gaffes and controversial statements. He didn't tuck his tail and run over the "Mexican rapists" thing (which was an example of what I'm referring to), or his "good people on both sides" thing (another example), or his idea about a travel ban (whadda ya know? Another example). What he said made more sense than the Left cared to admit, which is why they still don't understand why he won.
And I'm talking about far more than just gaffes. I'm talking about wildly racist statements....like when referring to mexican illegals, insisting 'they're rapists'. (Illegals commit crimes at a lower rate than the general populous)
Or batshit conspiracy theories like Trump's claim that he won the popular vote
(he didn't) and that there were '3 to 5 million illegals voting.
(His 'Election Intregrity Commission' disbanded with zero evidence backing his claim).
And even casual lies.
Like his bizarre claim that 10 terrorists were recently caught trying to cross the border when talking about the Mexican border wall.
(The Government couldn't cite even one recent instance of a terrorist being caught trying to cross the Mexican border).
Or that NBC's ratings were 'punished' after they were caught 'fudging' their the Holt interview.
(No fudge, no punishment)
Or his claim that California wildfires were magnified by 'diverting water the Pacific ocean'.
(Um....does he mean rivers?)
Or his claim that the meeting between a Russian Operative and his campaign team in Trump Tower before the election was about 'adoption'.
(He later admitted it was to collect dirt on Hillary)
Or he has the exact same family separation policy as Obama did.
(He doesn't)
Or that anyone that says that the November 8th election wasn't a great day for republicans is 'fake news'.
(Republicans lost the House)
That every democrat in the senate had signed up for open borders in a bill called the 'open borders bill'.
(No such bill exists)
Or when he said that he didn't have any business deals in Russia.
(His organization was still pursuing Trump Tower Moscow, including direct appeals to Vladimir Putin)
Or when he said he had no relationship with Putin....after saying he had a great relationship with Putin.
(At least one of his statement was a lie)
Or when he claimed that US steel had just announced it was building 6 new steel mills
(they hadn't)
Or when he insisted that they had the highest poll numbers for republicans in history including honest abe Lincoln and Ronald Reagan.
(they didn't)
When he said that the Electoral College was 'much more advantageous to Democrats'.
(Of the 5 presidents who lost the popular vote but won because of the Electoral college, 4 were republicans. None were democrats)
That he'd watched ICE liberate towns from MS-13.
(Imaginary)
That crime in Germany was way up
(it was down 9.6%)
That he was totally against the Iraq war
(he wasn't)
That the opiod scourge was way down
( overdoses were up 15% for opiods, up 57% for synthetic opiods)
That Nacy Pelosi came out in favor of MS-13
(She didn't).
When he claimed that James Clapper said that the FBI was spying on the Trump campaign
(He didn't)
When he said that North Korea had agreed to denuclearaization
(It hadn't)
When he said 'no' when asked if Russia was still targeting the US.
(They were and are)
When he said if one person at the Pulse Night club had had a gun and knew how to use it, the attack wouldn't have happened
(the shooter exchanged fire with an armed guard while 49 were killed)
When he said that republicans had enacted the biggest tax cut in history
(They hadn't).
That there was substantial evidence of voter fraud
(there wasn't).
That Diane Feinstein said there was no collusion between Trump and Russia
(She didn't).
That Missouri was one of 13 states with the lowest unemployment in their history
(It wasn't.)
That black home ownership was at its highest rate in history
(It peaked in 2004 and has been down every year since, now 1/6th off its high)
When Trump claimed that there weren't many protestors outside his speech in Phoniex
(there were 10s of thousands of protestors)
When he claimed that they'd signed more piece of legislation into law than any president in history
(he wasn't even close)
That his job approval ratings weren't bad relative to other presidents at that point in their presidencies
(Trump had the lowest in at least 7 decades, 22 points below the average).
That John Podesta denied the FBI access to the DNC server
(John Podesta didn't chair the DNC. He chaired Hillary's campaign.)
That all pipelines that come into America now have to be American steel
(they don't).
That when you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed.
(You're not)
That he didn't know anything about payments to Stormy Daniels (He did)
That the NSA and the FBI tell congress that Russia didn't influence the electoral process
(they didn't)
That Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO
(they don't)
When he said 'look what happened in Sweden'. That they were having problems that no one thought possible.
(Nothing had happened)
That the US was the highest developed nation taxed in the world
(We're not even in the top 10).
That only 109 people were effected by his travel ban
(it was at least 60,000)
That homicide rates in Phili were 'terribly increasing'
(they were down over 40% from their peak in the 90s)
That Americans don't care at all about his tax returns
(a poll at the time put the number who did care at clse to 65%)
That Hillary Clinton and her campaign started the birther conspiracy
(they didn't)
That the NY Times sent an apology letter to their subscribers for their bad coverage of Trump
(they didn't).
When Trump said that he didn't benefit from the republican tax cuts
(baseless at best, a flat out lie at worst)
That the media 'never show crowds'
(they do).
That twitter, google and facebook were burying FBI investigation of Hillary
(they weren't).
That 14% of non-citizens are registered to vote
(they aren't)
That the murder rate is the highest its been in 47 years
(its was down over 40% from a 1993 high, despite a 25% population increase).
These aren't 'gaffes'. Its an endless stream of pathological lies, made up nonsense, and systematic deception from a man that has over 5000 false or misleading statements.
None of which is 'plainspokenness', nor 'candor', nor 'guts'. But, exactly as I said....deception and cowardice.
