2019, GROWING 26% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
PREVIOUS YEAR. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE
SOME FALSE CLAIMS SINCE HE
KICKED OFF HIS POLITICAL CAREER
IN 2015 SAYING MEXICO WAS
FUNNELING CRIMINALS INTO THE
U.S.
U.S. THIS YEAR THE PRESIDENT PUSHED A
NUMBER OF THEORIES ABOUT UKRAINE
THAT WE NOW KNOW ARE UNTRUE.
THAT’S NOT ALL.
WE ARE HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
BIGGEST FALSEHOODS OF 2019.
LET’S GO TO THE TOP OF YOUR
LIST.
LIST. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST ISSUES
HERE?
HERE? >> THE FALSEHOOD OF THIS YEAR,
THE ONE THAT DEFINES THIS YEAR
AND MAYBE MORE IS THE IDEA THAT
UKRAINE, THE GOVERNMENT, MEDDLED
IN THE U.S. ELECTION IN 2016.
>> WE CAN’T GET RID OF THIS ONE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN SITTING AT THIS
TABLE A HALF DOZEN TIMES TALKING
ABOUT RUSSIA MEDDLED IN THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. UKRAINE IS NOT AN ADVERSARY.
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
DON’T LIKE TRUMP, MANY IN THIS
COUNTRY THEMSELVES, AND RUSSIA
MEDDLED IN THE ELECTION AND YET
UKRAINE IS TO BLAME, THIS FALSE
HOOD THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
PUSHING, USING IT TO GUIDE PORCH
POLICY, USING IT TO GET HIMSELF
IMPEACHED COMES FROM AN IDEA
THAT IT WILL BENEFIT THE
RUSSIANS.
RUSSIANS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS I THINK
ABOUT FIONA HILL, TRUMP’S
RUSSIAN EXPERTS, WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN SAYING THIS IS A FICTIONAL
NARRATIVE THAT BENEFITS THE
RUSSIANS AND RUSSIANS ALONE.
>> WE HAVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES
BEFORE BUT I’LL GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAR THIS UP.
WHO MEDDLED IN THE ELECTION?
>> RUSSIA.
>> RUSSIA. >> WE’LL SEE IF IT STICKS.
LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID ACCORDING
TO THE CONSTITUTION, HE CAN DO
WHATEVER HE WANTS.
TRUE OR FALSE?
>> I ENCOURAGE HIM TO KEEP
READING AS HE LOOKS AT ARTICLE
2.
2. ARTICLE 1 LAYS OUT OF POWERS THE
LEGISLATURE HAS BUT ARTICLE 2
SAYS PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTS
AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN
BE IMPEACHED FOR DOING BAD
THINGS.
THINGS. THE CONSTITUTION LAYS OUT A
TOTALLY LEGAL WAY THAT YOU CAN
GET RID OF A PROBLEMATIC
PRESIDENT IF THE LEGISLATURE
WANTS TO.
WANTS TO. ARTICLE 1 SAYS WHO SHOULD DO IT.
THE HOUSE DOES THE IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY, THE SENATE DOES THE
TRIAL AND DECIDES IF THEY’LL
REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE.
THIS ISN’T SOME SORT OF COUP.
YOU HEAR REPUBLICANS TALKING
ABOUT THIS BEING ELECTION
NULLIFICATION.
NULLIFICATION. WE’VE BEEN IMPEACHING PEOPLE FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
>> HE ALSO MADE THE CLAIM THAT
HE WAS, QUOTE, TOTALLY
EXONERATED BY THE MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. FACT CHECK, PLEASE.
>> MOST NOPE, NOPE, NOPE.
YOU REMEMBER HE MADE THIS CLAIM
AFTER THE MUELLER REPORT CAME
OUT AND THE DEMOCRATS HAD A BIG
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK MUELLER IN
THE EYE AND SAID, DOES THIS
REPORT TOTALLY EXONERATE HIM?
MUELLER WITH HIS PRECISION AND
SHORT ANSWERS SAYS, NO.
>> VERY CLEAR.
WE’LL ROUND OUT YOUR TOP FIVE.
THERE’S A CLAIM ABOUT TARIFFS IN
CHINA.
CHINA. WHAT IS THE ISSUE WITH IT?
>> WE’VE BEEN HEARING THIS A
LOT.
LOT. THIS CAME UP MORE BECAUSE THE
TARIFFS GOT VERY EXPENSIVE FOR
AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS THIS YEAR.
WE HAD SOME STUDIES SAY AMERICAN
HOUSEHOLDS HAVE PAID OVER
$1,000, THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CHARGE A
TARIFF IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
IMPORTING PAY A TARIFF ON
CHINESE GOODS.
CHINESE GOODS. THAT GETS BACK TO THE CONSUMER
FOR THE MOST PART.
WITH THESE TARIFFS,
SPECIFICALLY, THIS TRADE WAR,
AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE PAYING
FOR MOST OF IT.
THE PRESIDENT KEEPS TELLING US,
CHINA IS PAYING FOR IT WITH
TARIFFS.
TARIFFS. NAETS NOT HOW TARIFFS WORK.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING
TARIFFS FOR PEOPLE.
ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE A LARGER LIST COMING
OUT NEXT WEEK.
WOULD YOU GIVE US A PREVIEW OF
THINGS TO LOOK FOR ON YOUR LIST
NEXT WEEK?
NEXT WEEK? >> MY FAVORITE ONE IS THE IDEA
THAT THE MARS AND MOON ARE ONE
IN THE SAME.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT THIS
IN JUNE.
IN JUNE. NO ONE ON MY STAFF BELIEVES
UNTIL I PULLED IT UP ON THE
SCREEN AND SAID, LOOK.
MARS IS NOT PART OF THE MOON.
>> WOW, OKAY.
I TOTALLY MISSED THAT BACK IN
JUNE.
JUNE. CONFESSION TO MAKE.
I WAS OFF IN JUNE, SO I MISSED
THAT ONE.
THAT ONE. MARS AND MOON ARE THE SAME.
I WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED IT --
>> ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT IN
HIS TWEET TALKING ABOUT WHAT
NASA SHOULD BE DOING.
HE SAYS, DON’T LOOK AT THE MOON.
GO TO MARS, WHICH IS PART OF THE
MOON, IN HIS TWEET.
DECEMBER 31st WE’LL HAVE EVEN
MORE FALSEHOODS OF THE YEAR.
>> FINALLY, THOUGH, WE HAVE AN
UPDATE TO A TOP FALSEHOOD FROM
LAST YEAR DEALING WITH THE
STATUS OF THE BORDER WALL.
>> THIS IS MY FAVORITE FALSEHOOD
OF THE YEAR BECAUSE THIS HAS
BEEN FALSE FOR MANY YEARS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SAYING,
I’M BUILDING THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL
NEW WALL, HUNDREDS OF MILE OF
THE BORDER.
THE BORDER. FINALLY IN LATE OCTOBER HE
ACTUALLY BROKE GROUND ON THE
FIRST STRETCH OF BRAND-NEW
BORDER WALL.
BORDER WALL. UP UNTIL NOW, EVERYTHING HAD
BEEN REPLACEMENT FENCING WHICH
WAS TAKING 1980’S FENCING AND
PUTTING BETTER, NEW BARRIERS
THERE.
THERE. WE FINALLY HAVE BRAND-NEW
FENCING.
FENCING. NOW WHEN HE SAYS I’M BUILDING A
WALL, I CAN RANK THAT.
>> LOVE IT.
ONE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE IN
THE BLEACHER SEATS WHO MIGHT NOT
HAVE HEARD YOU, WHO MEDDLED IN
THE 2016 ELECTION?
>> RUSSIA DID!
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE’LL SEE IF THAT WILL STICK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.