(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . We Interrupt Our Current Stream Of Trump Lies For the Truth [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-10-07 Today Morning Joe ran several video clips from a Donald Trump rally in which he, his running mate JD Vance, and his son Eric blamed Democrats for the assassination attempts on the four-time indicted, twice impeached, sexual assaulter, tax fraudster, convicted felon, ex-president. For good measure, Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara said this race was a case of good vs. evil. It is, but I think she’s got her sides mixed up. Of course, this is complete nonsense and is doing nothing but setting the stage for future violence. It’s also a continuation of what will be a non-stop stream of lies from Trump and the Republicans all the way to election day and beyond. And it’s important to realize that. We’ve never seen lying like we’re seeing from Trump and his cultists. What can you do when just about every word out of their mouths is a lie? It never stops. This might be a good time to look at several of Trump’s lies and what the actual truth is. I know, it’s like putting a finger in a dyke that keeps springing leak after leak. Actually, it’s more like the dyke has broken and a tidal wave is pouring down on top of us. But let’s try, starting with his insidious lies about President Joe Biden’s administration’s response to Hurricane Helene as reported by CNN, which calls Trump’s actions “a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response.” *LIE: Biden hasn’t answered calls from Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. TRUTH: Kemp told reporters he’s spoken to Biden, who asked if he needed anything in the aftermath of the storm. “We’ve had FEMA embedded with us since a day or two before the storm hit in our state operations center in Atlanta; we’ve got a great relationship with them,” Kemp said. *LIE: There was anti-Republican bias in the North Carolina response. TRUTH: There’s been no apparent basis for the claim that the Biden administration and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper have been doing anything of the sort. *LIE: The Biden-Harris response has received “universally” negative reviews. TRUTH: That’s not even close. The Biden administration’s response, while it has received some criticism, has been praised by various state and local leaders, including Republican governors of some of the affected states. *LIE: Vice President Kamala Harris spent “all her FEMA money” on housing illegal migrants, who they want to vote for them in November. TRUTH: There’s no evidence of any of this being true. What happened was Congress had previously directed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to transfer $650 million to FEMA for a program that helps state and local governments to house migrants. This money is separate from funds that FEMA uses to help states in disasters. We’re talking about two completely different pots of money. *LIE: $1 billion was “stolen” from FEMA for migrants and has gone “missing.” TRUTH: This is completely false. *LIE: The federal government is only giving $750 to people who lost their homes. TRUTH: $750 is only the immediate up-front aid survivors can get to cover basic pressing needs like food, water, baby formula, and emergency supplies. They’re eligible to apply for additional forms of assistance, such as for temporary housing and home repairs. The current maximum amount for home repair assistance is $42,500. *LIE: There are “no helicopters, no rescue” in North Carolina. *TRUTH: There have been numerous government and private helicopters and other aircraft involved in rescue and aid efforts in North Carolina. The state’s National Guard said last week that it had completed 146 flight missions, rescuing 538 people and 150 pets. You can read the CNN story here. *** So, here’s a whopper for you: the Washington Post ran a story titled, “How Trump is distorting immigration and crime data in new attacks on Harris.” According to data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), there are 13,099 immigrants with homicide convictions who’re not currently jailed by ICE. This has led Trump and his allies to hysterics, claiming these folks are all out there on the loose. Trump has said that “13,099 convicted murderers have crossed the border and are free to roam and kill in our country” under the Biden administration. He also continues to lie that Harris was the “border czar.” Arkansas Senator/shameless liar Tom Cotton said in a television interview that the Biden administration “just acknowledged that they released more than 13,000 convicted murders who illegally entered this country.” Total lie. First of all, that 13,099 figure spans about 40 years, not just Biden’s four-year term. Which means they include while Trump was in office. Second, the fact they’re not currently in ICE custody doesn’t mean they’re running around free. They’re part of ICE’s “non-detained” docket, which includes people who are currently incarcerated by federal, state, or local authorities, or because they served their criminal sentences but have not yet been deported, the Post reported. Typically, after they complete their sentences, they’re transferred to ICE custody. ICE may try to immediately deport them to their home countries, but some have pending immigration cases and received permission to remain here while their claims are processed. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a policy analyst at the American Immigration Council, explained that “Anyone on ICE’s non-detained docket with a homicide conviction has likely been in the country for decades, served a full criminal sentence, and can’t be removed because they’re from a country which restricts U.S. deportations.” Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware said that the Biden-Harris administration has “prioritized the deportation of those who’ve committed violent crimes and have, in fact, deported them at a 50 percent higher rate than under former president Trump, who didn’t make that a key priority.” There’s no evidence that undocumented immigrants commit violent crimes at higher rates than U.S. citizens, the Post noted. However, we have endless evidence of the Right’s lies as they demonize immigrants in hopes of instilling hate and fear in their voters. You can read the Post’s story here. *** How desperate are Trump’s lies? He’s even taking credit for things that Biden and former President Barrack Obama accomplished. Here’s some examples from the Post: *Capping insulin at $35 a month. -- In reality, Trump established a voluntary, time-limited pilot program for a $35 cap that was available to about 800,000 seniors on Medicare. Biden was able to pass the $35 cap into law, benefitting nearly 3.3 million Americans. *Achieving the lowest black unemployment rate in history. -- This statistic has been in use for about 50 years. Actually, the rate fell to 5.3 percent for two months while Trump was in office. Biden lowered or matched Trump’s best mark for five months, including a new low of 4.8 percent. *Creating the VA Choice program and making it permanent. -- Actually, the VA Choice law – which expanded veterans’ ability to go to private doctors – was passed by Obama. Trump signed the MISSION Act, which was a modest update of the law. *Saving the auto industry. -- In reality, the auto industry was in good shape when Trump took office. During the 2008-2009 Great Recession, Obama, and George W. Bush before hm, saved the auto industry with significant interventions, such as taxpayer-financed reorganizations of General Motors and Chrysler. You can read the Post’s story here. *** Trump, Vance, and their GOP cronies insult the intelligence of all voters when they lie this flagrantly, especially those in his base, which is his target audience. As he grows more desperate as we get closer to Nov. 5 it’s only going to get worse. I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything this blatantly dishonest in our presidential politics. Hopefully it won’t work, Trump will lose, and maybe a few Republicans will begin to realize it’s better to tell us the truth. Republicans telling the truth? I’m not holding my breath for that one. *** Thank you for reading my post. You can see my other writings on my blog: Musings of a Nobody. Please share and subscribe for free via email on its home page. [END] --- [1] Url: https://dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/7/2275352/-We-Interrupt-Our-Current-Stream-Of-Trump-Lies-For-the-Truth?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/