Today’s Speech
Here is what we know about this morning: Trump will be depending on widely-discredited sources like right-wing books Clinton Cash, which was panned by many for a lack of
evidence and
many errors, and Crisis of Character, which has been
denounced by Secret Service veterans because the author was too low-ranking to have seen any of what he claims. Trump will also lie about Hillary Clinton today as he has lied about her before. There have been at least a dozen fact checks calling out Trump for lying about Clinton—on the issues, on the polls and on Benghazi. You name it; he’s lied about it.
Trump asserted that Hillary Clinton “started” the birther movement, resulting in
Four Pinocchios from The Washington Post, a “
False” from PolitiFact, and being called “
false” by FactCheck.org. He claimed Clinton “doesn’t do very well with women,” earning a
Pants on Fire from PolitiFact. He earned another pair of
Pants on Fire for saying Clinton wants to “release the violent criminals from jail” and that “she wants them all released.” FactCheck.org said Trump “
distorts the facts” when he claimed Clinton wanted “to abolish the Second Amendment.” Trump has repeatedly lied about Clinton’s leadership during the Benghazi tragedy, claiming that she decided to “go home and sleep” during the attacks and ignored hundreds of calls for help from U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. The comments have earned Trump
Pinocchios and a “
no evidence” rating. (For more Trump Lies, visit
trumplies.com)
Trump is also a practiced conspiracy theorist who recently reached a new low. He was a leading voice in the birther movement and, earlier this year, peddled tales about Ted Cruz’s father’s involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Incredibly, following the Orlando attack that killed 49 Americans last week, Trump insinuated President Obama sympathizes with terrorists. In interviews the day after the shooting, Trump
suggested about Obama: “maybe he doesn’t want to know about it…there are many people that think maybe he doesn’t want to get it.” He also
warned “there’s something going on” with Obama because he refused to use the term “radical Islamic terrorism.”
The corrupt, unscrupulous Donald Trump is in no position to question the ethics of others. Allegations about Trump U by his own staff continue to dog Trump’s campaign. Newspaper editorial boards
called for
investigations into reports that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi accepted a $25,000 donation from Trump around the time she declined to investigate Trump U in 2013. Wrote Miami Herald columnist Fred Grimm, “When Donald Trump buys himself an attorney general, he
gets his money’s worth.” Further, the Trump Foundation has been accused of operating as a
political slush fund rather than a charity. He has tried to make money off of dictators, worked with shady foreign governments and done business with gangsters. Throughout his career, Trump has both sought to curry favor with sworn enemies of the United States and surrounded himself with convicted criminals.
Here are just a few examples:
MEMORANDUM: Donald Trump’s “Major Speech”