AP FACT CHECK: Trump lied in Pensacola speech A

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump lied in Pensacola speech

AKA Trump buries the needle on the bullshit meter, low-information Trumpanzees eat it up.

For the full details/story, go to the link

www.chron.com/news/politics/article/AP-FACT-CHECK-Trump-off-on-black-homeownership-12418595.php
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Trump spoke Friday night in Pensacola, Florida, across the line from Alabama.

TRUMP, surveying the crowd: "Look at these guys, 'blacks for Trump.' I love you. I love you.
By the way, now that you bring it up, black home ownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country. Congratulations."

THE FACTS: Not true or even close.
The U.S. Census finds that the black home ownership rate peaked during 2004 ...

TRUMP: "Working with Republicans in Congress we've already signed 88 pieces of legislation. ... we've passed more during this period of time than any other president in the history of our country”

THE FACTS: Trump's first-year legislative record pales next to that of a variety of presidents ...

TRUMP: We actually have a $17 billion deficit with Canada, right?

THE FACTS: Trump's accounting is puzzling and at odds with U.S. trade statistics ...

TRUMP: "They (his critics) don't want to accept the results of an election where we won by a landslide."

THE FACTS: His win was far from a landslide ...
His winning margin in the Electoral College is far closer to the narrowest win in history than to the widest.

As well, he lost the popular vote to Clinton.

TRUMP: "You know, we have factories pouring back into our country ...

THE FACTS: Factories are not pouring into the country, according to available data. Spending on the construction of factories has dropped 14 percent over the past 12 months. There has been a steady decline in spending on factory construction ...

TRUMP: "By the way, wages - starting to go up. First time in 20 years" ...

THE FACTS: It's not true that wages haven't gone up for 20 years.
The latest jobs report shows average hourly earnings up 2.5 percent over the past 12 months, roughly the same pace of growth as the year before, when Barack Obama was president ...

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