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Here are 7 of Trump’s most outrageous lies and distortions during the State of the Union
President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks Tuesday night as he delivered the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. As Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale has noted, Trump’s on-script speeches tend to be much more accurate than his off-the-cuff rally tirades, which are filled to the brim with lies and distortions. When he speaks from a teleprompter, his staff produce formalized comments that sometimes withstand fact-checking scrutiny better than his usual claims. But he still made many specific, demonstrably false claims. The greatest lie, though, was the basic premise of his speech… [more]

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