Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris each claim they helped to revive American manufacturing and that the other has hurt it. And they both select cherry-picked data points to underscore their arguments.
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FactChecking Harris’ CNN Interview
Harris Has Not Flipped on Trump Border Wall
Social Media Posts Twist Harris Campaign’s ‘Joyful’ Message
Vice President Kamala Harris has referred to participants in the Democratic presidential campaign as “joyful warriors,” and “joy” has been a theme at the party’s rallies and convention. Instagram posts, however, have falsely claimed the phrase “strength through joy,” which echoes a Nazi-era program, has become a Harris campaign slogan.
Trump TV Ad Falsely Claims Harris Has ‘Unleashed’ IRS on Tipped Workers
The Internal Revenue Service did not implement a new voluntary program that certain employers could have used to report tips earned by their workers. But the proposal is partly the basis for a Trump campaign TV ad that falsely claims Vice President Kamala Harris “weaponized” and “literally unleashed” the IRS on tipped workers.
Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a ‘Lie’
Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. But former President Donald Trump called this year’s revision a “total lie,” baselessly claiming that “the Harris/Biden administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating job statistics.”
Trump’s False Claim That Harris Met with Putin
In February 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris attended an annual security conference in Germany to talk with European leaders about Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other world topics. She didn’t go to Russia, and there is no evidence she met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, contrary to an unsupported claim made by former President Donald Trump.
Final Night of the Democratic National Convention
Trump’s False and Misleading Claims about Harris’ Record on Crime
Harris Drew a Crowd in Detroit, But Detractors Spread Bogus Claim to the Contrary
Vice President Kamala Harris drew a large crowd at a campaign rally near Detroit, according to photos, videos and press reports. But posts circulating online make the baseless claim — amplified by former President Donald Trump — that an image of the event was fabricated or manipulated by artificial intelligence to inflate the crowd size.