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Donald Trump at RNC: I am the Solution to “Crisis for Our Nation”

HeadlineJul 22, 2016

Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president last night at the Quicken Loans Arena here in Cleveland. His hour-and-15-minute speech portrayed the U.S. as a nation humiliated abroad and under threat at home.

Donald Trump: “Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life. … I have a message for all of you: The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon—and I mean very soon—come to an end. Beginning on January 20th of 2017, safety will be restored.”

During his speech, Trump reiterated both his calls for banning immigration from countries that have had recent terrorist attacks and for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Donald Trump: “We must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place. We don’t want them in our country. … We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.”

The speech included multiple factual inaccuracies. According to The Washington Post, the speech was “a compendium of doomsday stats that fall apart upon close scrutiny. Numbers are taken out of context, data is manipulated, and sometimes the facts are wrong.”

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