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CNN fact check obliterates Trump’s 'completely made up' stories

alternet.org · 15dShare

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump was hit with a CNN fact check that did not go in his favor. While Trump is known for making grandiose, exaggerated claims , according to CNN, a series of stories he’d just told were “completely made up.” Trump was delivering remarks at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency when he veered off-topic to delve into one of his oft-discussed obsessions: his hatred of wind turbines . He began by denouncing “the Green New Scam, where we were scammed,” before saying, “The whole country was – I wasn’t scammed. I got it right from the beginning; I got it from the first minute when I heard this crap. You know? They were saying wind was so wonderful, so wonderful, except you couldn’t watch your television. They wanted to watch the debate, Donald Trump against Sleepy Joe Biden. Nobody could watch it because the wind wasn’t blowing. Remember that? ‘Darling, we’d like to watch the debate tonight.’ ‘I’m sorry, the wind isn’t blowing.’” The stor

First report: CNN Fact Checker Says Trump's Anecdotes Are 'Completely Made-Up' — thedailybeast.com, 15d