By Alexandra Ulmer
(Reuters) – Immigrants consuming pets. Democrats in favor of executing new child infants. Israel ceasing to exist below a possible Kamala Harris presidency.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made quite a few false assertions or excessive statements throughout Tuesday’s debate with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, a number of instances prompting a correction from the moderators.
Maybe most hanging was Trump amplifying a false declare that has gone viral that quite a few Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, had been stealing residents’ pets or taking wildlife from parks for meals.
“They’re eating the dogs! The people that came in. They’re eating the cats! They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” Trump mentioned throughout the debate.
Harris laughed and shook her head. The moderator mentioned there had been no credible stories of pets being harmed. Trump countered that he had seen TV interviews of people that mentioned their canine had been taken and eaten.
The Biden White Home earlier on Tuesday condemned the viral misinformation, which Trump’s working mate, Senator JD (NASDAQ:) Vance, additionally shared. The White Home mentioned such remarks sought to divide Individuals by means of lies and was primarily based on racism.
Trump repeated his falsehood that tens of millions of migrants had been pouring into the US from international prisons and psychological establishments. “They are taking over the towns. They’re taking over buildings. They’re going in violently,” Trump mentioned.
Migrants haven’t staged any violent takeovers of American cities.
A few of Harris’ claims had been exaggerated or disputed by Trump, a Reuters Reality Test discovered, though the overview didn’t flag main falsehoods on her finish.
In a single occasion, Harris cited Trump as saying there could be a “bloodbath” if he was not elected, a reference to a March 2024 speech he gave in Dayton, Ohio. The Trump marketing campaign later mentioned that he was referring to the destiny of the auto trade below the Biden administration.
INFANTICIDE, ISRAEL, CRIME
Trump additionally reiterated a falsehood – which he usually shares at his rallies – that Democrats are so excessive on abortion rights that they assist killing newborns.
“Her vice presidential pick says abortion in the ninth month is absolutely fine. He also says execution after birth,” Trump mentioned of Harris’s working mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Harris has mentioned she backs reinstating the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court docket ruling that acknowledged girls’s constitutional proper to abortion at as much as round 24 to twenty-eight weeks. Harris and Walz don’t assist executing infants.
Later, throughout a dialogue on the Center East, Trump mentioned Harris “hates” Israel.
“If she’s president, I believe that Israel will not exist within two years from now,” Trump mentioned, with out sharing any proof for such a declare. “The whole place is going to get blown up … Israel will be gone.”
Harris mentioned it was “absolutely not true” that she hated Israel and mentioned she had supported the nation all through her profession.
Trump additionally mentioned crime charges had been down globally, besides in the US, the place he mentioned charges had been “through the roof.”
FBI knowledge launched in March confirmed homicides throughout the U.S. dropped by greater than 13% in 2023, declining for the second consecutive yr after a precipitous spike throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
The information is at odds with the general public notion that crime is worsening, nonetheless.
