Fact check: 'WE ARE NOT ABLAZE,' Portland fire department says after Trump claim
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Trump made another false claim about Portland and fire in a Fox News interview that aired Monday night. Without elaboration, he told host Laura Ingraham that “Portland’s been burning for many years – for decades, it’s been burning.”
Chatman called this “ridiculous.”
I really don’t understand Trumps relish of lawlessness to this degree?
Chatman called this “ridiculous.”
I really don’t understand Trumps relish of lawlessness to this degree?
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RidgeSprinter
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Neither do I, Neither do I.
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puer.dei
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He’s trying to campaign on “law and order.” The theory is that if people are afraid, and he sounds tough, he’ll get the votes. You know, the whole “you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America” thing – which of course shows scenes from Donald Trump’s America.
It brings to mind that syndrome where mothers cause an issue in their child so they can seem like they are the one that saves them.Motherwit:
He’s trying to campaign on “law and order.” The theory is that if people are afraid, and he sounds tough, he’ll get the votes. You know, the whole “you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America” thing – which of course shows scenes from Donald Trump’s America.
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More fact checking on Kenosha
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LeafByNiggle
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Do you doubt the authenticity of this quote:
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MikeInVA
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To invoke Monty Python, “It’s just a flesh wound!”
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puer.dei
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You know, I never thought of him that way, but you may have hit on something there. Let’s not forget “I alone can fix it.”
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puer.dei
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So, exactly what did they get wrong?
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puer.dei
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Bingo! You win!It contradicted Trump.
Did anyone but cnn get it?
Don’t know.
Do we have another source that can corroborate the claim?
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umamibella
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We here in Aus are getting reports of a really bad bushfire in California, it seems like a big part of one section of CA is ablaze. Homes and lives have been lost.
It is sad to compare that situation to Portland.
It is sad to compare that situation to Portland.
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Victoria33
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Oh, Portland, a number of people have been killed, many businesses destroyed, “the cities ablaze”, we get it.
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umamibella
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Its not like an out of control bush fire that is running with no hope of stopping easily and safeily, and causing flame tornadoes and the incredible destruction and desolation. That is what is going on in CA.
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puer.dei
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Which time that he’s said it?
From the White House itself –
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...sident-trump-press-briefing-august-8-31-2020/
Direct quote:
“a city like Portland, where the entire city is ablaze all the time.”
And video, from Fox News, of the Laura Ingraham interview:
Direct quote:
" Portland’s been burning for many years – for decades, it’s been burning.”
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LeafByNiggle
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CNN says it was in a text message from Lt. Rich Chatman. Does it stand to reason that CNN would make up a direct quote and claim to have a text message when Lt. Rich Chatman himself could so easily contradict them if they did? That is quite a stretch. I can well believe that CNN (or any news outlet, really) could be guilty of adding their own biased spin on factual news, but making up direct quotes from whole cloth is just too risky for any news organization that values its reputation.LeafByNiggle:
Did anyone but cnn get it?
This is the same network whose reporters are standing in front of burning buildings claiming the protests to be peaceful.
Wrong he.
I am discussing the fire department quote.
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