🚨PolitiFact's 2019 Lie of the Year 🚨
@realDonaldTrump's claim the whistleblower got his call with Ukraine's president "almost completely wrong." bit.ly/2rRomUD
@realDonaldTrump's claim the whistleblower got his call with Ukraine's president "almost completely wrong." bit.ly/2rRomUD
Despite what Trump claims, the whistleblower got the call "almost completely" right.
We know this from the very record of the call the president released.
It was bolstered by firsthand accounts.
We know this from the very record of the call the president released.
It was bolstered by firsthand accounts.
You might wonder, why this claim above all others? The Lie of the Year — the only time we use the word "lie" — speaks to a falsehood that proves to be of real consequence and gets repeated in a virtual campaign to undermine an accurate narrative.
Repetition? ✅ We found more than 80 instances of Trump dismissing the whistleblower complaint as fake, fraudulent, wrong, "sooo wrong," etc., over the last 3 months. This timeline gives you a taste: bit.ly/2rRiydO
Agree or disagree with the whistleblower's conclusion about election interference, or whether President Trump’s conduct warrants impeachment, the actions described in the complaint stand up to factual scrutiny.
The attack on the whistleblower was one of many false claims President Trump has made during the impeachment process. Here fast fact-checking of 10 more. bit.ly/2LYbC5C
Then there is this basic question: What was Hunter Biden doing on the board of a Ukrainian energy company? bit.ly/35tR7VR
