re: Lies told by Trump during last night's State of the Union Address

I said i wouldn't disprove all of your "factchecking" but what the hell, i have time.

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Trump: We've defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open.."

Fact: Over the last 10 years, we've seen a 90% drop in illegal border crossings as a result of increased enforcement.

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Your "fact" does nothing to dispute trump's claims. We have in fact left our borders open, your link even acknowledges the fact that our borders are wide open.

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Trump: "Since my election, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Lockheed, Intel, Walmart, and many others, have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new American jobs."

Fact: Trump claims that his policies have led these companies to create 70,000 jobs. But 69,000 of those jobs were in the works before election and 700 were the result of Obama's policies.

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The specific companies Trump has mentioned did in fact credit Trump and his business friendly policies. Also, i'm assuming you forgot about Obama's "magic wand" comment about how manufacturing just isn't coming back to the US anymore? Well Trump just gave you and your lefties a big middle finger by creating a new manufacturing renaissance here in the US. MAGA

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Trump: "We have cleared the way for the construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines -- thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs." The Dakota Access pipeline is nearly built. Keystone would create 3,900 direct construction jobs and 16,000 total jobs on an annual basis.

Fact: And those are just temporary jobs; the permanent job count at Keystone will be 35.

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Your fact is complete horseshite and you have nothing to back it up. Your NY Times link (great unbiased source by the way) fails to deliver where those so called permanent jobs are. Regardless, even if true, those temporary jobs will be multi-year and is often the case in the construction industry. I guess your too stupid to know that though, right?

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Trump: We want all Americans to succeed --- but that can't happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule of law to our borders."

Fact: Guess what happened when Arizona decided to aggressively ‘enforce the immigration laws’? Fewer jobs all around; lower state GDP.

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Your "fact" doesn't address anything Trump said. Try again.

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Trump: "According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted for terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."

Fact: Right-wing extremists are a bigger threat to America than foreign-born terrorists.

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Again, your "facts" do not dispute anything Trump said.

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Trump: "Protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. The current, outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers, and puts great pressure on taxpayers."

Fact: Immigrants don't lower our wages or take our jobs.

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Actually they do. Undercutting the minimum wage by paying non-taxed wages to illegals at less than minimum wage rates does further depress minimum wage jobs. It's basic economics.

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Trump: "According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America's taxpayers many billions of dollars a year."

Fact: “We found little to no negative effects on overall wages and employment of native-born workers in the longer term,” said Francine D. Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University who led the group that produced the 550-page report.

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Again, you are "fact checking" a broad statement from Trump with a specific instance regarding employment of native-born workers. You aren't fact checking apples to apples. Hell, just border control alone should give you some insight on how much it costs the taxpayers to patrol our borders. Oh wait, you think border patrol is paid for with magic money?

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Trump: "Obamacare is collapsing..."

Fact: The insurance market is actually improving, but repealing #ACA would kill it

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It's collapsing under its own weight. Insurance agencies that provide healthcare have backed out of most states that offer Obamacare. Insurance premiums have skyrocketed. Services have ended. People weren't allowed to keep their doctors or planned by Obama's own admission. in what world is that "improving".

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Trump: "So I am calling on all Democrats and Republicans in the Congress to work with us to save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster."

Fact: Obamacare costs less than expected

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See above, you are 100% completely full of shite.

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Trump: "The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century."

Fact: The nation's crime rate ticked up slightly in 2015 compared to the year before, but it still remains at historic lows.

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Murder rate does not equal crime rate. Try again, dipshit.

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Fact: Right-wing extremists are a bigger threat to America than foreign-born terrorists. Right-wing militants since 2002, have killed more people in the United States than jihadis have. In that time, according to New America, a Washington think tank, Islamists launched nine attacks that murdered 45, while the right-wing extremists struck 18 times, leaving 48 dead.

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If you include the last 4 months of 2001, what do those stats look like? Hmmm...