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Trump press conference analysis2/29/2024 TRUMP: "There has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."įACT: Perhaps a bit of an overstatement. According to researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the highest voter turnout in American history was the election of 1876 with a voter turnout rate of nearly 82 percent. Around 60 percent of eligible Americans turned out to vote in 2016, according to estimates from the University of Florida’s U.S. TRUMP: "People came out and voted like they've never seen before."įACT: Again, this isn't correct. A recent analysis of cases from 2010 to 2015 by SCOTUSBlog concluded that the 9th Circuit also has an 80 percent reversal rate, but that was third place - behind the 6th Circuit with 87 percent and 11th Circuit with 85 percent. It was the top spot for a regional circuit court. TRUMP: "I think we're setting a record, or close to a record, in the time of approval of a cabinet."įACT: According to a 2010 study published in Landslide, the 9th Circuit had an 80 percent reversal rate from 1999 to 2008. I was just given that information - it was a big margin." When a reporter questioned Trump's claim, he later said, "I don't know. TRUMP: "I guess it was the biggest electoral college win since Ronald Reagan."įACT: Trump guessed wrong: His electoral college margin was smaller than President Obama’s in 2012. ![]() ![]() ![]() — - President Donald Trump held a press conference at the White House Thursday to announce his new pick for labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, but once he began taking questions from reporters, the focus shifted away from Acosta to a slew of other topics: Allegations of his campaign's contact with Russians, General Flynn's resignation, anti-Semitism in the U.S., and a popular go-to topic for the president, his disdain for the mainstream media.īelow are more than a dozen false, questionable or misleading claims Trump made over the course of the 75-minute press conference - as well as a few that are backed up by the facts.
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