Relying on a prepared script and trying to read from a teleprompter, Trump relied on a combination of demagoguery, ignorance, and lies to present a platform that assaults American values in ways that should be disqualifying.
The falsehoods in his remarks came so often and so quickly, it was enough to push professional fact-checkers into retirement. Trump said the Orlando shooter was ?born in Afghan,? for example, which is both untrue ? the gunman was born in New York, not far from where Trump was born ? and bizarre given that ?Afghan? is not a place.
Then again, for a presidential candidate who believes people born in Indiana are ?Mexican,? perhaps this wasn?t too surprising.
But this was just the tip of a mendacious iceberg. Trump lied about the number of refugees coming to the United States. He lied about the vetting process for refugees. He lied about NATO?s counter-terrorism efforts. He lied about Clinton?s approach to gun reforms. He lied about the Obama administration?s policy on intelligence gathering.
