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Live fact-checking Donald Trump’s NJ press conference

Elections

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks Aug. 14, 2024, at a campaign rally in Asheville, N.C. (AP)

By PolitiFact Staff August 15, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is holding a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

PolitiFact is fact-checking claims and providing context during the event.

WATCH: How PolitiFact fact-checks live events like speeches and debates.

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stated on December 8, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

false

false

Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

pants-fire

pants-fire

David Menchetti

stated on November 28, 2016 in testimony before the Illinois House Labor and Commerce Committee:

"The causation standard in Indiana is exactly the same as it is in Illinois."

true

true

stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

half-true

half-true

stated on November 17, 2015 in press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

mostly-true

mostly-true

NextGen Climate Action Committee

stated on August 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

half-true

half-true

Georgia Department of Transportation

stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release:

The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."

false

false

Republican National Committee

stated on June 5, 2008 in in a news release:

Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.

false

false

Eric Hovde
stated on October 18, 2024 in TV debate:

Ballot drop boxes 'were only used for a pandemic.'

By D.L. Davis • October 25, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on October 23, 2024 in a post on X:

Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 24, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Voting machines in Shelby County, Tennessee, are swapping votes from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump.

By Jeff Cercone • October 24, 2024
Social Media
stated on October 22, 2024 in social media posts:

“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”

By Loreben Tuquero • October 24, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall:

"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."

By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a post:

"Breaking: Voters in Tarrant County, Texas are reporting that the voting machines are flipping their votes from Trump to Kamala Harris."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 24, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 20, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Elon Musk reportedly eyeing CNN acquisition: ‘I’ll fix the media, one network at a time.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk urges a boycott of ABC Network: ‘Let’s take them down!’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2024
Viral image
stated on October 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was arrested “for aiding FEMA in deep state’s ‘eminent domain’ takeover of North Carolina.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2024
United Auto Workers
stated on October 23, 2024 in a Meta ad:

Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “wants to cut Medicare and Social Security.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 24, 2024