(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . CNN's Daniel Dale has been deployed to count Donald's debate lies [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-27 Deja-vu all over again. FACT CHECK: @ddale8 breaks down the 30 false statements that Donald Trump made at his Wisconsin rally. pic.twitter.com/q8yoQ3hy34 Hello old pals! It’s been a delightful many months of not-tweeting, really couldn’t recommend more highly, but I’ll be tweeting some fact checks during the debate. I’ll also be on CNN TV post-debate, and our team will have a detailed running fact check on the CNN site and app. The structure of the debate will feel dramatically different from what viewers have become accustomed to: For one thing, the network decided against having a studio audience. Perhaps more significantly, CNN will turn off a candidate’s microphone when it’s not his turn to talk, so as to prevent crosstalk that could sully the program for viewers. “The pressure is on CNN to make this a good debate for the voters and for their viewers,” said Mark Lukasiewicz, dean of Hofstra University’s School of Communication. On Thursday, however, CNN will probably receive either the blame or the praise. For the first time since 1960, one network will be organizing, producing and operating a presidential general-election debate — “a great responsibility that we take quite seriously,” said CNN political director David Chalian. In Donald Trump's rally-speak — the far-fetched stories he uses to entertain his loyalists — President Biden will be "jacked up" with drugs on debate night, fictional killer Hannibal Lecter is "a wonderful man," and sharks are bad. Oh, and Trump won the 2020 election. Why it matters: Trump's bombastic speeches have always mixed anger, falsehoods, conspiracy theories and vague, sweeping plans. But recently he's gone deeper into bizarre tales and vulgarities. Zoom in: Last month in Wildwood, N.J., he was accusing the Biden administration of allowing criminals into the U.S. when he took a rhetorical left turn to praise "the late, great Hannibal Lecter," the fictional serial killer played by Anthony Hopkins in "Silence of the Lambs." "He's a wonderful man," Trump said. The same rally featured what amounted to a vulgar call-and-response between Trump and the crowd, in which the former president said he has been indicted on "bullsh*t," prompting the crowd to chant the word. Trump also led the crowd in a chant directed at Biden's administration: "Everything they touch turns to what...," Trump said. "Sh*t!" the crowd responded. Last week in Racine, Wis., Trump tried to make up for reports that he'd used the word "horrible" when talking to GOP lawmakers about Milwaukee, the host for the Republican National Convention next month. He praised Wisconsin in a sequence in which he said he prefers Lake Michigan to the Atlantic or Pacific oceans because there aren't sharks in the lake. "I'll take the one without sharks," he said. the Atlantic or Pacific oceans because there aren't sharks in the lake. "I'll take the one without sharks," he said. He added that he won Wisconsin in 2020 (he lost by 20,682 votes) and that he'd been "indicted more" than Al Capone, (if you're scoring, it's Trump 4, Capone at least 6 indictments). Saturday in Philadelphia, Trump — who frequently attacks Biden's fitness for office — claimed the president will get a "shot in the ass" before Thursday's debate and that he'll "come out all jacked up." www.axios.com/... [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/27/2248593/-CNN-s-Daniel-Dale-has-been-deployed-to-count-Donald-s-debate-lies?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/