18 Falsehoods Just From Trump's Thursday Night
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/18-falsehoods-just-trump-s-thursday-night-n674311
From extreme Obamacare tax hikes to allegations of widespread corruption by Hillary Clinton and her allies, Donald Trump's Thursday night speeches and a Fox News interview offered up more than a dozen inaccuracies — an impressive feat even for a campaign that has spawned an cottage industry of fact checkers....
4. "Remember every time you see a closed factory, a wiped-out community here in Ohio, the Clintons were really involved because NAFTA was such a disaster. And he signed it."
President George H.W. Bush negotiated and signed NAFTA and former President Bill Clinton advocated for its Congressional approval. Clinton was hardly the only one and the deal's flaws can hardly be pinned on him and his wife: More Republicans than Democrats voted for the trade deal. One of Trump's top allies, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, was a key player in securing Congressional approval. ...
6. "Hillary Clinton wants to raise taxes on small businesses up to 45 percent. What a difference this is. I was just thinking to myself: We should just cancel the election and give it to Trump."
That would be a coup, and Clinton doesn't want to tax small businesses 45 percent. She wants to raise taxes on wealthy people, so the increase Trump appears to be referring to would only apply to people reporting an income over 5 million. If a private business owner were reporting their business' income on their personal taxes and it was over $5 million - which is about 0.02 percent of tax returns - such a tax hike could occur.
10. ISIS is dreaming of her becoming president."
Interviews with ISIS fighters reveal they believe a Trump presidency would benefit them.
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