Pants on Fire!

 Now that the Republican convention is over.. we decided to give a quick fact check to some of Drumpfs statements in his speech lat night. 

We came up with 8 major lies!

Claim 1: "If you give power to Joe Biden, the radical left will defund police departments all across America" In June, Biden told CBS News: "I don't support defunding the police"

Claim 2: "We have already built 300 miles of border wall" 30 miles of new wall has actually been built. The border with Mexico is about 2,000 miles long.

Claim 3: "Over the past three months, we have gained over 9 million jobs, a new record" It's true that - since April 2020 - there have been nine million people added. But what Mr Trump didn't mention was that this rise followed a much bigger loss of 22 million people from the payroll in March, when measures to tackle the pandemic were introduced.

Claim 4: "The United States has among the lowest case COVID fatality rates of any major country in the world" Norway, Japan, and South Korea and many others are all lower and while the U.S. has 5% of the world population it has 25% of total fatalities!

Claim 5: "He [Joe Biden] has pledged a $4 trillion tax hike on almost all American families" This claim is misleading as the taxes would target the wealthiest Americans - not "almost all American families." The Tax Policy Centre found that 93% of the tax increases would be paid by taxpayers in the top fifth of households.

Claim 6: "We obliterated 100% of the ISIS caliphate" Despite the demise of its physical caliphate, ISIS remains a battle-hardened and well-disciplined force in the Middle-East!

Claim 7: "We will always, and very strongly, protect patients with pre-existing conditions, and that is a pledge from the entire Republican Party" This refers to a requirement that health insurance companies can't charge people more if they have pre-existing conditions. This refers to a requirement that health insurance companies can't charge people more if they have pre-existing conditions. It became law with President Obama's signature domestic policy - the Affordable Care Act, known as "Obamacare". Donald Trump and the Republican party want to repeal Obamacare and replace it, but have failed to do so despite pushing for it in Congress.

Claim 8: "Our Nato partners, as an example, were far behind in their defence payments. But at my strong urging, they agreed to pay $130bn more a year" The figure that the president mentioned - $130 billion - is the amount that has been added since 2016, not per year. "Since 2016, Canada and European allies have added $130 billion more to the defense budgets, and this number will increase to 400 billion US dollars by 2024," said Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in December 2019.

Remember folks, this is the guy who has lied over 25,000 times since he took office in 2017!

The way I see it anyway!