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Donald Trump, Mexico–and Morocco

Texas
Trump Laredo hat 7/15 TX
Donald Trump sported a Make America Great Again hat while visiting Laredo in July 2015 (Associated Press photo).
By W. Gardner Selby
January 4, 2016

Donald Trump’s first television ad purports to show Mexicans swarming over “our southern border.”

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This is a still image from a Donald Trump campaign ad.

In the ad, the New York businessman and Republican presidential candidate shows footage of dozens of people swarming over a border fence.

But the footage isn’t as it seems.

We’re not spilling the beans in this space. Read the full fact check by Gene Emery and Lou Jacobson of PolitiFact here.

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Read the full fact check by Gene Emery and Lou Jacobson of PolitiFact here.

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