President Donald Trump is once again under fire for telling a startling number of lies, this time in a Tuesday night ABC News Town Hall, in which socially distant prospective voters questioned Trump on his record and statements in his first term.
CNN fact checker Daniel Dale appeared in an interview with anchor Don Lemon after the program to debunk some of the boldest lies that came from the President, who'd already made over 20 thousand "false or misleading claims" before the town hall aired.
Dale, once again, didn't have enough time to fact check all of the lies told by the President.
Watch below.
Another tour de force from @ddale8 fact-checking a torrent of lies pic.twitter.com/xDxKI32ef8
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) September 16, 2020
Dale warned Lemon and viewers that the list wasn't short:
"There's just so much lying, Don. I'm gonna go quickly here, so literally just stop me here whenever you need to."
He pointed out Trump's oft-repeated lies regarding his stance on pre-existing condition protections in health insurance:
"He said again, Democrats won't protect people with preexisting conditions. That is nonsense. As a voter told him, Democrats created those protections."
Without pausing, Dale then corrected Trump's false claims about the virus.
"He insisted he didn't praise China on the virus. He did so repeatedly. We know that. He claimed that nobody knew, at the time he was praising China, that seniors were especially susceptible to the virus. That was one of the first things we learned out of China and out of Italy and out of the U.S. He claimed that [Democratic nominee Joe] Biden said in March that the pandemic was 'totally over-exaggerated.' I can find no evidence that Biden ever said that."
Dale followed up with...everything else.
"He said that Winston Churchill was kind of like him, playing down stuff, because he went on rooftops in London during the Nazi bombing and told people, 'everything's gonna be good.' Churchill did not speak from the rooftops
and did not say that 'everything's gonna be good.' He warned of suffering and danger.
Trump said he fired [former Secretary of Defense] James Mattis. Mattis resigned.
He said that protesters took over 20 percent of Seattle. It was a six block area, nowhere close to 20 percent."
The fact checker went on to correct Trump's false claims on healthcare, lies about protesters, and more.
When he was finally done, host Don Lemon asked:
"Do you need a drink of water? Cause that was a lot."
People commended Dale for his willingness to be upfront about Trump's lies.
Gotta say, @ddale8 is really good at this. Excellent summary. Whew, but I now need a nap at 8:20 a.m. .... https://t.co/PhldHH8QPK
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) September 16, 2020
.@ddale8 tha god. https://t.co/uByQYpBa2b
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) September 16, 2020
Obviously what Daniel Dale does here is impressive in being able to quickly list Trump's lies, but what I appreciate about his fact-checking is that he doesn't sugar coat it and calls lies for what they are.
“This was just a firehose of lying."pic.twitter.com/4A60fWG9kg
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) September 16, 2020
Thank you for your service Daniel Dale. Please train other news anchors how to call the president a liar and fact-check them on the spot.#TrumpHidTheTruth https://t.co/xu08EPgxIE
— Jeffs fed up with Republicans (@HiphopnHorror) September 16, 2020
This is an example of a man who found the job he was meant for.
Daniel Dale is like a robot fact-checker that can also answer questions and discuss. Holy cow. https://t.co/0gbJ2EdN3v
— SureReality 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 (@SureReality) September 16, 2020
Others felt that Dale would be useful in combatting Trump's falsehoods during the upcoming presidential debates, the first of which is set for September 29.
No one should watch the debates without an eye on Daniel Dale's @ddale8 twitter account. https://t.co/A07Ot5nqdA
— Deborah Kane 👩🏻🎨📷🗽🌎🍩 (@dekapho) September 16, 2020
RT if you think @ddale8 should be the moderator between Biden and Trump. I know I do.
— David ex Trump voter for Biden Weissman (@davidmweissman) September 16, 2020
During the debates, networks need to have @ddale8 in a small box in the corner of the screen with signs that say “truth" and “lie" and he just flashes one for everything the candidates say.
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) September 16, 2020
Maybe @ddale8 should moderate a debate. Seems like that would make the most sense. https://t.co/HXXcJ9iciT
— @tiffanydcross (@TiffanyDCross) September 16, 2020
For Dale's complete fact check of the ABC News town hall, click here.
