WaPo Fact-Checks Third Presidential Debate

Click here for an article by Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Leein the Washington Post entitled "Fact-checking the third Clinton-Trump presidential debate." It analyzes 24 statements made by the two candidates. It's not easy reading; they get out into the weeds quite a bit in complicated explanations. Short form: Trump lies a lot.

Here's another take, from Max Boot at USA Today, in an article entitled "The GOP may not survive the Trump takeover":

No, Donald, the State Department did not “lose” $6 billion; it is missing paperwork, not money. No, you did not oppose the Iraq War in advance. No, we do not take better care of illegal immigrants than we do of veterans. No, NATO members are not spending more on defense because of your threats to leave NATO; it’s because they fear Russian aggression. No, NAFTA has not been a “disaster”; it’s been an economic boon for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. No, the numerous women accusing you of groping them have not been “largely debunked”; they’ve been defamed by you and your surrogates, which is not the same thing. No, it’s not an open question as to “whether it is Russia, China or anybody else” that is hacking into Democratic Party emails; the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russia is responsible. No, Aleppo has not “fallen”; that embattled Syrian city continues to resist an onslaught from the Assad and Putin regimes.