Trump's rate of false or misleading claims has now reached 30 per day, 3 times the previous pace

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Trump’s rate of false or misleading claims has now reached 30 per day - over 3 times the previous pace.

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Fact Checker • Analysis

President Trump has made 6,420 false or misleading claims over 649 days

By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly November 2 at 3:00 AM

If President Trump’s torrent of words has seemed overwhelming of late, there’s a good reason for that. ... In the first nine months of his presidency, Trump made 1,318 false or misleading claims, an average of five a day. But in the seven weeks leading up the midterm elections, the president made 1,419 false or misleading claims — an average of 30 a day.

That adds up to a total of 6,420 claims through Oct. 30, the 649th day of his presidency, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president.

The flood of presidential misinformation has picked up dramatically as the president has barnstormed across the country, holding rallies with his supporters. Each of those rallies usually yields 35 to 45 suspect claims. But the president often has tacked on interviews with local media (in which he repeats the same false statements) and gaggles with the White House press corps before and after his trips.

So that adds up to 84 claims on Oct. 1, when he held a rally in Johnson City, Tenn.; 83 claims on Oct. 22, when he held a rally in Houston; and 78 claims on Oct. 19, when he held a rally in Mesa, Ariz.
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Glenn Kessler has reported on domestic and foreign policy for more than three decades. Send him statements to fact check by emailing him, tweeting at him, or sending him a message on Facebook. Follow https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP

Salvador Rizzo is a reporter for The Fact Checker. He previously covered New Jersey politics, courts, state finances and Gov. Chris Christie, with stints at the Star-Ledger, the Bergen Record and the Observer. Follow https://twitter.com/rizzoTK

Meg Kelly produces video and reports for the Fact Checker. She previously covered the 2016 election for NPR where she was a visual producer. Follow https://twitter.com/mmkelly22

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Lucky for him he's not Pinocchio.

Maybe he thinks telling lies makes his dick grow instead of his nose.

[JaneQPublic]

2. Jeez, many institutionalized mental patients have a better grip on reality. (nt)

[Arkansas Granny]

3. It would probably be less time consuming to document when he told the truth about anything.

That seems to be a real rarity.

[k8conant]

4. His doctor told him he should run for exercise...

so he's passed the 5K mark and is increasing the pace in running his mouth.