Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump spent years spreading lies about the birthplace and presidential eligibility of President Barack Obama, the first black president of U.S.
On Thursday, a new lie began to float about Senator Kamala Harris, who, if elected, would be the first black vice president with Asian roots.
The incendiary nonsense of Trump on Harris was part of a self-described “press conference” Thursday that he used largely to campaign against his Democratic election opponents. Trump also made a number of false claims about former Vice President Joe Biden, Democrats in general and, again, about voting by mail.
Kamala Harris Eligibility
Trump was mentioned the remarks on “social media” that Harris may not be eligible to serve as president and vice president. She was then asked if she can definitely say that she meets the requirements.
Trump said: “I heard today that she does not meet the requirements.” She referred to a lawyer who raised the issue in an article by Newsweek, Chapman University professor John Eastman, as “very highly qualified.”
Trump later said he “has no idea” whether it is true that Harris does not meet the requirements. He then asked the reporter if she was saying Harris does not qualify because Harris “was not born in this country.”
The facts first: Harris was born in Oakland, California. Therefore, as a citizen by birth, she meets the requirements of the Constitution to serve as vice president or president. There is no serious question about this.
The fact that Harris’s parents were immigrants – her father came from Jamaica, her mother from India – does not change the fact that she is indisputably eligible.
Trump said he’s not sure whether Harris is eligible or not; He concluded his comments by saying, “I just found out, I’m going to take a look.” However, his question-only stance, which he also employed in promoting the theory of ‘birtherism‘Regarding Obama, it does not change the fact that he credited the conspiracy theory by praising the author of the article, saying that he had heard that Harris is not eligible, and raising the possibility that Harris was not born in the United States. .
Trump spent the beginning of his press conference criticizing Biden. Here’s a look at the facts related to some of those attacks.
Biden and plans for the pandemic
Trump claimed that he had already done everything Biden had asked him to do to respond to the pandemic.
“In fact, a lot of things – he reported well in recent days – every thing he said to do, every thing, we did and we did well.”
The facts first: It is not true that Trump did everything Biden asked for. While there is certainly some overlap between Biden’s proposals and Trump’s actions, Biden has made a number of proposals that Trump has not implemented.
For example, Biden has asked Trump to “form a Public Health Jobs Corps – hiring at least 100,000 Americans to help build a data-driven disease surveillance system to detect and stop outbreaks before they spread.” Trump has not done this.
Biden has also asked Trump to provide comprehensive information on the status of tests across the country, “including the number of tests completed, the results, and the average wait time for results.” The federal government does not provide this information in a systematic way.
And Biden has called for a greater federal role in the provision of medical supplies, proposing the creation of a “Chief of Supplies to take command of the national supply chain.” Trump has bragged about how well the federal government has helped with supplies, but has also insisted that states must take the lead in getting them.
Biden and the mandatory masks
Trump said Biden wanted to impose a federal mandate to force people to wear masks, questioning a president’s authority to do so.
“He wants the president of the United States, with the simple stroke of a pen,” Trump said of Biden, “order more than 300 million American citizens to wear a mask for a minimum of three months in a row.”
I guess this just happened, he thinks it’s a good politicsI guess, ”Trump continued.
The facts first: On Thursday, Biden said that governors, not the federal government, should impose a mandate on the use of masks. In June, however, Biden said he would order the use of masks “from an executive point of view.”
In a speech about the coronavirus on Thursday, Biden argued that “every governor should require the mandatory use of masks.”
“All Americans should wear a mask when outside for at least the next three months,” Biden said. “It’s not about your rights, it’s about your responsibilities as Americans.”
When the CNN affiliate in Pittsburgh KDKA Asked on June 26 if he would use his federal influence to force a mask, Biden said he would. “Yes, I would. From an executive standpoint, yes, I would, ”said Biden.
Biden was asked again if he would “indeed order the wearing of masks,” he replied, “would do everything [lo posible] so that people are required to wear masks in public. ‘
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Biden, immigration and the pandemic
Trump claimed that Biden’s immigration policy, which Trump described as “ridiculous open borders,” would be “allowing the pandemic to infiltrate all American communities.”
The facts first: The coronavirus has already spread to all US states under Trump’s immigration policy; there is no basis for the suggestion that Biden’s immigration policy is responsible for the nationwide pandemic. And while Biden proposes a much less restrictive immigration policy than Trump’s, he does not propose unrestricted migration, as Trump’s repeated claim of “open borders” suggests.
Biden and the press
The president, who has answered questions from the press every night this week, criticized Biden for allegedly doing the opposite.
«He refuses to answer questions. He never accepts questions, “Trump said. «I accept questions, he never answers questions. And you wonder what is happening because they are not so difficult. Some can be unpleasant, but not so difficult.
The facts first: While Biden has been criticized for not receiving more questions from the press, and while he certainly accepts less than Trump, it is not true to suggest that he has not taken any. There have been several speeches in which Biden has answered questions, as well as full interviews with the press. The last time Biden was formally available in the media was on July 28.
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Biden and the schools
Trump also accused Biden of wanting to close schools and “stop society” through a federal decree.
About Biden, Trump said, “He wants to shut down our economy, shut down our schools and stop society. And he wants it to be done through a federal decree.
The facts first: CNN could not find evidence that Biden asked for a federal decree to close the schools. Instead, Biden has offered a five-point plan for states to reopen schools, which focuses on stopping the spread of the virus “with the safety of students and educators in mind.”
“Everyone wants our schools to reopen. The question is how to make it safe, how to make it stick, “Biden said in a video that accompanies the plan.
Trump continued to pitch conspiracy theories related to the elections.
Democrats, schools and elections
Trump claimed that Democrats are trying to “keep people away from the polls” by keeping schools closed.
“Some people say they don’t want – the Democrats don’t want – open schools because that’s where there are a lot of polling places, and if you have a closed school, it’s not very easy to have polling places in the school,” he said.
He concluded: “Perhaps we can prove it as fact.”
The facts first: This is a conspiracy theory for which there is simply no evidence. (With his “maybe” line, Trump seemed to implicitly suggest that he currently has no way to prove it.)
The Origin of Mail Ballots
The president affirmed that the post offices are receiving millions of ballots and that “nobody knows from where”.
The facts first: The ballots come from the voters. Although Trump and his allies have previously raised the possibility of political agents sending fraudulent ballots that were not filled out by voters, states have several systems to verify the authenticity of each ballot, including matching the signatures on the ballots with the signature. of the registered voter to whom it belongs.
Trump also repeated a number of falsehoods he had made before, including claims that:
- All children cope with the coronavirus very well. (Some children have died from the coronavirus or contracted a rare and serious associated illness, but children are generally less likely to develop severe symptoms than adults.)
- Absentee voting is good, while universal mail voting is very bad. (While there may be some differences in the methods used to implement the two, experts say they are basically the same and both are safe ways to vote.)
- There were fraudulent votes in the New York Democratic primary won by Rep. Carolyn Maloney. (There is no evidence of fraud in this race, although there was a legal dispute over other issues on the ballot, such as missing signatures and late postmarks.)
- Other countries can easily falsify mail ballots. (Experts say this is simply not true due to various ballot security measures. Additionally, each state has its own system, and each district has a unique set of candidates.)
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