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** Donald Trump and the GOP Convention
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Our staff spent the last four nights working into the early hours of the morning to provide you with a fact-checking report on each night.

The convention ended last night with former President Donald J. Trump being nominated for the third time. It was the former president's first speech since the assassination attempt on his life, which he spoke about at length early in his speech.

During his somber reflection and talk of unity, we didn’t have much to fact-check. But then Trump launched into a greatest hits of false and misleading claims we have been writing about for months, if not years.

Trump made a raft of false and misleading claims on inflation, immigration and claims of election fraud, among other topics. We fact-checked more than a dozen claims made by Trump -- as well as a few noteworthy remarks by other speakers. You can read them all in our article, "Final Night of the GOP Convention. ([link removed]) "

Here are the other articles we did on the GOP convention:

Night 3 of the Republican National Convention ([link removed]) : Former President Donald Trump’s newly selected running mate, JD Vance, accepted the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination on the convention’s third night, which featured claims about the economy, immigration and foreign policy.

Emmer’s Misleading Republican Convention Claim about Harris ([link removed]) : During his speech at the Republican National Convention, Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota talked about “rioters” in Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd in 2020, and misleadingly said that Vice President Kamala Harris “freed” from jail one of “the criminals” who “went on to murder a man” in neighboring St. Paul. Emmer is distorting the facts..

Second Night of the GOP Convention ([link removed]) : On a night when the focus was on safety and unity at the Republican convention, a number of GOP leaders also offered up some misleading and false claims we have seen before.

Republican National Convention, Opening Night ([link removed]) : We fact-checked the first night’s speeches, which mainly focused on economic issues.
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As of June, there were about 8.3 million people in the U.S. who held multiple jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. As a percentage of the total employed population, 5.2% were multiple jobholders -- which was nearly identical to the 5.1% share right before the pandemic four years ago, contrary to Republican claims about a sharp rise in people with two jobs. Over the most recent 12 months under President Joe Biden, the average also has been 5.2%. Read more ([link removed]) .
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We recently launched a new partnership with La Red Hispana ([link removed]) , a Spanish-language media network.

La Red Hispana serves 40 million Latinos and Hispanics living in the U.S. with over 300 affiliated Spanish-language radio stations ([link removed]) and multiple digital channels, according to 2024 data provided by the organization.

The network will publish shorter versions of our articles regularly in Spanish. The posts will include an audio clip, which will air on its affiliated radio stations, and a reel to be shared on FactCheck.org’s and La Red Hispana’s social media channels.

To see our first post in La Red Hispana go to “Solo los inmigrantes residiendo legalmente en EE. UU. pueden obtener un número de Seguridad Social y beneficios ([link removed]) .” The post is a version of our article “Posts Misrepresent Immigrants’ Eligibility for Social Security Numbers, Benefits ([link removed]) ," which is available on our website in English and Spanish.

La Red Hispana kicked off its partnership with us by interviewing FactCheck.org staff writer Catalina Jaramillo about our efforts to combat misinformation in Spanish.

For the full story about our partnership and the interview, see "Staffer Talks About FactCheck.org Work Combatting Misinformation in Spanish ([link removed]) ," which is available in both languages.

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Reader: What can you tell me about Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden disagreement on his racist actions prior to him being president and how they settled their differences.

FactCheck.org Director Eugene Kiely: You are referring to an exchange that Harris and Biden had during the June 27, 2019, Democratic presidential primary debate ([link removed]) when moderators asked a question about racial inequities in policing. Harris directed her remarks ([link removed]) to Biden, who was leading in the polls at the time.

We addressed this topic after Biden picked Harris to be his running mate.

This what we wrote ([link removed]) :

In June 2019, Biden made news for remarks he had recently made at a fundraiser in New York City. That’s what Harris was addressing in the debate.

At the fundraiser, Biden had referenced two segregationist senators with whom he worked after he arrived in the Senate in 1973. “Well, guess what? At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn’t agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished. But today, you look at the other side and you’re the enemy. Not the opposition, the enemy. We don’t talk to each other anymore,” Biden said.

Biden also said that one of the senators called him “son,” rather than “boy,” in an apparent reference to the racist expression that refers to Black men as boys.

Sen. Cory Booker, who is Black and was seeking the Democratic nomination, also responded to Biden’s remarks at the time.

Biden apologized the following month during a speech in South Carolina, saying, “Now was I wrong a few weeks ago, to somehow give the impression to people that I was praising those men who I successfully opposed time and again? Yes, I was. I regret it. I’m sorry for any of the pain or misconception that I caused anybody.”

Harris had described his remarks as “hurtful” during the debate. She also criticized his record of opposing federally mandated busing to integrate schools, which he defended by arguing that busing policies were better set by local governments. We wrote about the exchange at the time of the debate.

Harris did not call Biden a racist. In fact, Harris said to Biden at the debate, “I do not believe you are a racist.”


** Wrapping Up
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Here's what else we've got for you this week:
* "Trump Repeats Falsehoods About Childhood Vaccines in Leaked Phone Call With RFK Jr. ([link removed]) ": In a leaked phone call with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former President Donald Trump incorrectly suggested that childhood vaccine doses are too large and can provoke sudden, radical changes in babies. There’s no evidence that the current vaccination schedule is harmful to kids.
* "Viral Posts Cite Misleading Economic Data to Compare Biden, Trump Presidencies ([link removed]) ": A chart widely shared on social media comparing macroeconomic indicators purports to show the country fared better under former President Donald Trump than President Joe Biden. However, the chart cites some figures that are inaccurate, outdated or misleading.
* "Posts Make Unsupported Claims About Trump’s Wound and Secret Service Response ([link removed]) ": Extensive media coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally shows his injury and the immediate response of Secret Service agents. But social media posts make the unsupported claims that Trump wasn’t shot and the agents’ response indicates the incident was “staged.”
* "FactChecking Biden’s NBC News Interview ([link removed]) ": In an interview two days after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden drew contrasts between himself, his Republican challenger, and Trump’s newly selected vice presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio. We found that Biden made some claims that were misleading, exaggerated or out of context.
* "Misinformation Swirls About Trump Rally Shooter’s Identity ([link removed]) ": In the days following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, social media swirled with misinformation about the shooter. The 20-year-old gunman was a registered Republican and there is no evidence he had a criminal record, contrary to popular claims online.
* "False Claim About Fake Secret Service Agent Contributes to Rally Conspiracy Theories ([link removed]) ": Posts from the anonymous online forum 4Chan have been spreading the false claim that Secret Service officials prevented an agent named “Jonathan Willis” from shooting former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassin. The Secret Service has no employee by that name, and the claim is “categorically false,” the agency said.
* "Posts Use Altered Image of Secret Service Agents Following Trump Shooting ([link removed]) ": The actions of the Secret Service at the Pennsylvania rally where former President Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt are under review. But social media posts show an altered photo to falsely claim agents were smiling while moving Trump to safety. The original Associated Press photo shows the agents weren’t smiling.
* "Biden’s NATO Press Conference ([link removed]) ": In a press conference in which President Joe Biden was repeatedly asked about whether he would — or should — stay in the presidential race, Biden made a few remarks that were misleading or could use more context.

Y lo que publicamos en español ([link removed]) (English versions are accessible in each story):
* "Explicador: ¿Cómo Biden podría ser reemplazado como candidato demócrata? ([link removed]) ": Aquí, respondemos algunas de las preguntas sobre el proceso de la Convención Nacional Demócrata. ¿Qué pasa si se retira voluntariamente? ¿Qué pasa si no lo hace? ¿Puede ser reemplazado Biden, y si es así, cómo funcionaría eso?
* "Convención Nacional Republicana, noche de apertura ([link removed]) :" Verificamos los discursos de la primera noche, que se enfocaron primordialmente en asuntos económicos.
* "Segunda noche de la Convención del Partido Republicano ([link removed]) ": En una noche de la Convención Republicana en la que el enfoque estuvo en la seguridad y la unidad, varios líderes del Partido Republicano también ofrecieron algunas afirmaciones engañosas y falsas que ya hemos visto antes.
* "Periodista de FactCheck.org habla sobre nuestros esfuerzos por combatir la desinformación en español ([link removed]) ": La periodista del equipo de FactCheck.org, Catalina Jaramillo, habló con La Red Hispana, una red de medios en español, sobre nuestros esfuerzos por combatir la desinformación en español.

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