The presidential debates, both Republican and Democrat, have
been followed closely by millions of voters with great anticipation towards the
first primaries and caucuses. Likewise, these debates have also been followed
very closely by various media outlets with an excess of fact checks. Very often
do candidates get their numbers and statistics a little off, or sometimes a lot. Most of these situations can be written off as mistakes or exaggerations,
but all of these misquotations are by far overshadowed by outright lies. All
mistruths and exaggerations aside, one candidate has told a great deal more
lies than the others. Do you have any clue who I’m talking about? I’ll give you
three hints: he said he’s going nuke ISIS, achieve what is physically impossible, and will add $10.2 trillion to the debt. If you guessed Trump, you assumed correctly.
Aside from many misquoted figures, Trump has told three very
memorable lies during the debates. The first one occurred at the very beginning
of the first debate, where Senator Paul accused Trump of buying politicians and
Trump retorted that he gave the Senator plenty of money. In this context, this
claim by the Donald is blatantly false: the total contributions of Trump to
Paul’s campaign amount to zero. Trump had previously given $10,000 to the Moran Eye Care Center at the University of Utah as part of Dr. Paul's mission to provide eye surgery to those who cannot afford it in Guatemala.
Next, Trump got into a fight with Jeb Bush where Jeb
claimed that Trump tried to buy him out on the issue of casino gambling. The
Donald then claimed that he never wanted casino gambling in Florida, a
statement that could not be more dishonest: Trump’s company is on record for trying to get casino deals in Jeb’s state for 21 years, with Trump even quipping in the past, "If Miami doesn’t get casinos, that would be a terrible mistake."
The third most memorable moment occurred in the third debate when the moderator asked him, "You have talked a little bit about Marco Rubio. I think you called him Mark Zuckerberg's personal senator, because he was in favor of the H-1B visa," to which Trump cut him off and responded, "I never said that, I never said that." However, a simple trip to Trump's website reveals the exact quote: "Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorites."
If Trump is this eager to lie to millions of Americans right to their faces for political gain, how quick will he resort to familiar habits to cover his a** in the Oval Office? According to Trump supporters, he's the guy that's not afraid to tell it like it is. Apparently, he's not afraid to tell it like it isn't, either.
The third most memorable moment occurred in the third debate when the moderator asked him, "You have talked a little bit about Marco Rubio. I think you called him Mark Zuckerberg's personal senator, because he was in favor of the H-1B visa," to which Trump cut him off and responded, "I never said that, I never said that." However, a simple trip to Trump's website reveals the exact quote: "Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorites."
If Trump is this eager to lie to millions of Americans right to their faces for political gain, how quick will he resort to familiar habits to cover his a** in the Oval Office? According to Trump supporters, he's the guy that's not afraid to tell it like it is. Apparently, he's not afraid to tell it like it isn't, either.
6 comments:
I agree. I am voting for Dr. Paul and will not vote for Trump if nominated.
It's really unfortunate that so many people are blind to Trump just because he's not a politician. He'll never have my vote either.
Even if I were a Republican, I don't think I could vote for Trump, Fiorina, or Carson. I think people forget that the President should have some knowledge of the inner workings of Washington, and a Washington "outsider" has no place holding the highest position in government.
I completely agree.
im an independent and don't know who Im going to vote for. Trump is definitely out of the question for me. He is so extreme and rude to both the people of the United States and the candidates he is running against. I understand that candidates bash each other but he takes it to a new level definitely someone we don't need in office.
im an independent and don't know who Im going to vote for. Trump is definitely out of the question for me. He is so extreme and rude to both the people of the United States and the candidates he is running against. I understand that candidates bash each other but he takes it to a new level definitely someone we don't need in office.
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