If Trump Is Talking, Hes Lying: Fact Checkers Find 96% Of Trump Statements Some Degree Of False

[pbmus]

Of all the statements evaluated by PolitFact, only 4% of Trump statements were graded as 100% true. This means that 96% of Trump statements contain some degree false or misleading statement. In other words, if Trump is talking, he's probably not telling the whole truth.

Of all the statements evaluated by PolitFact, only 4% of Trump statements were graded as 100% true. This means that 96% of Trump statements contain some degree false or misleading statement. In other words, if Trump is talking, he’s probably not telling the whole truth.

A few points immediately jump out from the data. Trump has more than four times more “pants on fire” lies (18%) than true statements (4%). The majority of Trump’s statements are either false or pants on fire lies (51%). Only 15% of the statements that the fact checkers evaluated were true or mostly true. Trump doesn’t bother messing with parsing the truth and telling half lies. Trump appears to specialize in bold flat out lies.

Trump lies more than many of his fellow Republicans. According to PolitiFact, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan had 24% true or mostly true statements, and 13% of Ryan’s graded statements were false or pants on fire lies. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is almost at Trump levels of false at 48% false or pants on fire lies, but McConnell has only been evaluated on few dozen statements, so his sample size is very small.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/09/trump-talking-lying-fact-checkers-find-96-trump-statements-degree-false.html

[guillaumeb]

1. Only 96%

Perhaps they should check again. It has to be higher.

[mtnsnake]

2. That lying POS even had the gall to tell the world today that he never made fun of that journalist

who was handicapped. How on earth can this monster be allowed to be POTUS?

[mnhtnbb]

3. Trump is a pathological liar. Get that straight and remember it.

Nothing that comes out of his mouth can be trusted.

A pathological liar lies compulsively and impulsively, almost without thinking about the consequences of his action. He lies regularly on a spontaneous basis even if he gains no benefit from it, or even if he traps himself into it. A pathological liar cannot control his impulse to lie and it is usually a self-defeating trait.


http://www.newhealthguide.org/Pathological-Liar.html


As an example, when Trump was interviewed by the NY Times about Streep's comments, after denying he had mocked the reporter, he went on to talk about the record breaking attendance that will happen for his inaugural and how all the dress shops are sold out.

What?

Here's the NY Times excerpt:

“We are going to have an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout for the inauguration, and there will be plenty of movie and entertainment stars,” Mr. Trump said. “All the dress shops are sold out in Washington. It’s hard to find a great dress for this inauguration.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/movies/trump-meryl-streep-golden-globes-speech.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region

When I first read that last comment about the dress shops at 5:30 this morning, I thought it was really weird. Turns out some reporters also did, too, and followed up to find out later today that numerous high end stores in DC have plenty of inventory of formal gowns that they are hoping to sell. There is NO shortage of dresses.

Why would Trump say such a thing? Could he really be spending his time checking inventory of formal gowns? Did Ivanka or Melania say something to him that gave him the idea? Why would they? It just doesn't make any sense.

Turns out the reason it doesn't make any sense is that it most probably is an example of Trump's impulsive lying.

[oasis]

4. Deplorables don't care. He's not a woman or a person of color.

That's what's most important for those dumbshits.

[Achilleaze]

5. And the Republicans lap his lies up like pudding

That tells you oodles.