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Falsehoods & Distortions

false claim - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue.

16:12: false claimsee definition - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue.
: During the Covid-19 pandemic, states and localities, NOT the federal government, locked down the economy.[9]

20:09: false claimsee definition - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue.
: Arrests along the southern border for 2022 are the highest ever recorded and about 36% of those crossing the border are deported.[9][10]

10:05: false claimsee definition - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue.
: There's been a 63% (not 28%) increase in children at the border; with the 28% increase being in total apprehensions at the border, which doesn't happen every year.[3]

1:31:23: false claimsee definition - a statement that is directly contradicted by fact and can be easily proven untrue.
: Warren appears to be citing a study that found, after 20 years, 49% (not 94%) of whites and 26% (not 5%) of blacks had paid off their student loans.[7]