CNN Fact-Checker Exposes ‘Lie After Lie’ That Donald Trump Told At Debate

Former President Donald Trump “made at least 33 false claims” compared to “at least one false claim” from Democratic rival Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential debate, according to CNN’s fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale.

“What stood out was that this was a staggeringly dishonest debate performance from former President Trump. Just lie after lie on subject after subject,” said Dale.

“No major presidential candidate before Donald Trump has ever lied with this kind of frequency,” Dale noted. “A remarkably large chunk of what he said tonight was just not true, and this wasn’t like little exaggeration, political spin. A lot of his false claims were untethered to reality.”

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Dale cited Trump’s comments on abortion, crime figures, healthcare and the “odious” baseless rumor about migrants eating pets in Ohio as being the