Trump Brackets Reference LIE-brary

Orange Jesus comforting disaster victims in Puerto Rico with...paper towels

Associated Press

Group 1

  1. Called for "the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles in the Constitution" (https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/03/politics/kfile-trump-president-indictment-halt-government/index.html)

  2. Not calling off supporters from the attack on the capitol and Congress & the VP (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-capitol-probes-season-finale-focus-trump-supporters-three-hour-rage-2022-07-21/)

  3. Equated neo-Nazis with counter-protesters at a rally (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/17/fact-check-trump-quote-very-fine-people-charlottesville/5943239002/)

  4. Said "grab them by the pussy" (https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/12/trump-timeline-sexual-misconduct-allegations-defense-292146)

  5. Moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44120428)

  6. Praises authoritarian leaders (https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/donald-trump-dictators-kim-jong-un-vladimir-putin/index.html)

  7. Glorified violent insurrectionists as heroes (https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trump-incited-january-6-defendants/)

  8. Said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Ave (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/23/464129029/donald-trump-i-could-shoot-somebody-and-i-wouldnt-lose-any-voters)

  9. Keeps Hitler’s speeches by his bed (https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/10/hitler-trump-putin-duterte/504545/)

  10. Buried his ex-wife at his New Jersey golf course (https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/no-trump-cant-take-tax-breaks-for-where-his-ex-wife-was-buried)

  11. Said John McCain was not a war hero (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/18/424169549/trump-lashes-out-at-mccain-i-like-people-who-werent-captured)

  12. Told Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" (https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/30/context-donald-trumps-stand-back-and-stand-debate-/)

  13. Altered a hurricane forecast map with a Sharpie (https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/politics/trump-sharpie-hurricane-dorian-alabama/index.html)

  14. Cleared Lafayette Square for a photo opp with a bible (https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-officials)

  15. Was laughed at during his speech at the UN General Assembly (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-trumps-boast-draws-laughter-at-united-nations)

  16. Gazed directly at the sun during the 2017 total solar eclipse (https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/trump-solar-eclipse/index.html)

Group 2

  1. Engaged in a scheme to use fake electors (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/us/politics/fake-electors-explained-trump-jan-6.html)

  2. Claimed the election was rigged during and after the voting process (https://apnews.com/article/trump-2020-election-lies-debunked-4fc26546b07962fdbf9d66e739fbb50d)

  3. Impeached for pressuring Ukraine to give him dirt on his political opponent (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/25/trump-asked-ukraine-president-if-you-can-look-into-biden-and-his-son-in-phone-call.html)

  4. Said he would act like a dictator on his first day in office (https://apnews.com/article/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72?utm\_source=copy&utm\_medium=share)

  5. Separating families at the border (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/settlement-over-trump-era-family-separations-at-the-border-limits-future-separations-for-8-years)

  6. Gave Presidential Medal of Freedom to a donor’s wife (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/10/sheldon-adelson-trump-donation-republicans-congress)

  7. Dismantled Obama-era environmental policies (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-moves-decisively-to-wipe-out-obamas-climate-change-record/2017/03/27/411043d4-132c-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57\_story.html)

  8. Misused foundation funds (https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/777287610/judge-says-trump-must-pay-2-million-over-misuse-of-foundation-funds)

  9. Claimed that Mexico sends criminals and rapists to the U.S. (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-mexico-vice-versa/story?id=41767704)

  10. Said Kamala “all of a sudden” “happened to turn Black" (https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/politics/donald-trump-kamala-harris-black-nabj/index.html)

  11. Appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade (https://www.voanews.com/a/usa\_trumps-lasting-legacy-conservative-supermajority-supreme-court/6199935.html)(https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/biden-trump-first-presidential-debate-2024-election/card/trump-claims-every-legal-scholar-wanted-roe-v-wade-overruled-rnIxXjQfSQOGaIL5V7UF)

  12. Took Russian oligarch money (https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/why-did-a-russian-pay-95m-to-buy-trumps-palm-beach-mansion/)

  13. Defrauded Trump University students (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/federal-court-approves-25-million-trump-university-settlement-n845181)

  14. Claiming to be the least anti-Semitic and least racist person (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/16/donald-trump-i-am-the-least-anti-semitic-racist-person-that-youve-ever-seen.html)

  15. Threw paper towels into the crowd after flooding Puerto Rico (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41504165)

  16. Described physically cleaning coal (https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/clearing-up-the-facts-behind-trumps-clean-coal-catchphrase/)

Group 3

  1. Endangered Vice President Pence on Jan 6 (https://apnews.com/article/pence-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-carlson-1e38cb44d55737031ca528b4f33aa1fb)

  2. Sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll (https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174975870/trump-carroll-verdict)

  3. Threatened to target political opponents if re-elected (https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/04/politics/trump-campaign-promises-dg/)

  4. Suggested dangerous treatments like injecting disinfectants for Covid (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52399464)

  5. Said 2nd Amendment support could counteract Clinton's judicial appointments (https://www.npr.org/2016/08/10/489476187/trump-s-second-amendment-comment-fit-a-pattern-of-ambiguous-speech)

  6. Suggested shooting BLM protesters in the legs (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7da93/trump-blm-protesters-shoot-them)

  7. Said Barack Obama was not a natural-born citizen (https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-birth-certificate-nyt/index.html)

  8. Advocated for killing innocent family members of terrorists (https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-terrorists-families/index.html)

  9. Removed over 300 classified documents from the White House (https://www.axios.com/2024/06/25/trump-mar-a-lago-classified-documents-photos)

  10. Gave his own family jobs and pressuring intelligence for clearances (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-special-treatment-security-clearances/story?id=60940398)

  11. Weaponized COVID-19 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364747/)

  12. Feigned ignorance while disagreeing with Project 2025 (https://newrepublic.com/post/183706/report-trump-ties-project-2025)

  13. Told supporters to get over a school shooting (https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-iowa-school-shooting-get-over-it-rcna132642)

  14. Failed to reimburse cities for campaign rally expenses (https://publicintegrity.org/politics/donald-trump-police-cities-bills-maga-rallies/)

  15. Claimed that windmill noise causes cancer (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/climate/fact-check-trump-windmills.html)

  16. Called a hurricane 'one of the wettest we've ever seen from the standpoint of water' (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/sep/19/one-of-the-wettest-weve-ever-seen-from-the-standpoint-of-water-trump-on-florence-video)

Group 4

  1. Refusing the peaceful transition of power (https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54274115)

  2. Convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to affect an election (https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts)

  3. Praised Jeffrey Epstein as a terrific guy (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/epstein-documents-trump.html)

  4. Implied Kamala Harris exchanged oral sex for career favors (https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-implied-kamala-harris-exchanged-oral-sex-for-career-boosts)

  5. Said there were "very fine people on both sides" about neo-nazis (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-defends-2017-fine-people-comments-calls-robert/story?id=62653478)

  6. Implemented policies that have been criticized for harming children (https://theintercept.com/2020/07/09/the-trump-child-abuse-scandal/)

  7. Called captured and fallen military members 'suckers and losers' (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/09/03/report-trump-disparaged-us-war-dead-as-losers-suckers/)

  8. Villainized immigrants (https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-has-spread-more-hatred-of-immigrants-than-any-american-in-history/2019/11/07/7e253236-ff54-11e9-8bab-0fc209e065a8\_story.html)

  9. Received a possibly fake diagnosis of bone spurs to avoid the draft (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/26/trump-received-bone-spurs-diagnosis-favor-doctors-daughters-allege/)

  10. Profit from his business interests during his term in office (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-donation-salary-white-house/2021/07/29/07723234-efd9-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06%5Fstory.html)

  11. Claimed millions of immigrants took jobs from Black and Hispanic Americans (https://www.nber.org/digest/may07/effects-immigration-african-american-employment-and-incarceration)

  12. Filed for bankruptcy more than any major U.S. company (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-the-first-presidential-debate/fact-check-has-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/)

  13. Advocated for increased oil and gas drilling (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html)

  14. Said he is a very stable genius (https://apnews.com/article/2bb960fda0264c488d454632628cb193)

  15. Mocked a disabled reporter (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34930042)

  16. Used charitable funds to purchase a personal portrait (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/01/this-is-the-portrait-of-himself-that-donald-trump-bought-with-20000-from-his-charity/)

BUT WAIT... There's more...

Used the alias 'John Baron' to deflect criticism (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/21/the-amazing-story-of-donald-trumps-old-spokesman-john-barron-who-was-actually-donald-trump-himself)

Tweeting Covfefe with no explanation (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/05/31/covfefe-one-year-anniverary-donald-trumps-confusing-tweet/659414002/)

Referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as 'Tim Apple' (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/8/18256467/tim-apple-cook-donald-trump-ivanka)

Hired paid actors to supplement the crowd during campaign announcement (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/donald-trump-campaign-offered-actors-803161/)

Contributed to the demise of the United States Football League (https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41135/donald-trump-usfl/)

Sharks, Boats, and Batteries, Oh My (https://youtu.be/L9s4ewW8NIo?feature=shared)

Fired FBI Director James Comey (https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/republican-response-comey-fired/index.html)

Suggested that the F-35 is literally invisible (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-genuinely-seems-believe-f-35s-are-literally-invisible-n1131361)

Referred to a supporter as 'my African American' (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/politics/donald-trump-african-americans.html)

Misrepresented inauguration attendance (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14347298/trump-inauguration-crowd-size)

Implementing tariffs on solar equipment (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/02/24/under-trumps-tariffs-the-us-lost-20000-solar-energy-jobs/)

Enforcing loyalty oaths (https://www.axios.com/2020/06/14/john-mcentee-white-house-trump)

Denied knowledge of father's arrest for property neglect (https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/04/fred-trump-arrests/)

Demolished valuable artifacts despite promises to preserve them (https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/09/trump-files-when-donald-destroyed-priceless-art-build-trump-tower/)

Claimed Hillary started birther movement (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trumps-bogus-birtherism-claim-clinton)

Stole artwork replicas from the US Ambassador's in France (https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/09/08/the-art-of-the-steal-trump-swipes-dollar750000-worth-of-art-from-the-us-embassy-in-francebut-none-of-it-is-the-real-deal)

Financial losses and a multi-million $ settlement for investors in his casinos (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/28/2231862/-History-shows-Trump-ruins-his-investors-It-s-just-a-matter-of-time)

His campaign of public pressure for the dismissal of Andrew McCabe (https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/fbi-documents-new-details-firing-andrew-mccabe/)

Endorsed a trucker campaign to halt deliveries to NYC (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-trucker-campaign-stop-deliveries-nyc-1234970733/ )

Claimed to be a self-made billionaire despite inheritances, etc. (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html)

Claimed the Kurds didn't help in World War II (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/trump-defends-allowing-turkish-offensive-on-kurds-in-syria-they-didnt-help-us-in-ww2.html)

Said an American judge not be impartial due to his 'Mexican heritage' (https://www.npr.org/2016/06/07/481140881/who-is-judge-gonzalo-curiel-the-man-trump-attacked-for-his-mexican-ancestry)

Said his building was the tallest - it is not (https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/11/fact-checking-mixed-bag-accusations-trump-and-911/)

His business certificate was cancelled for committing fraud (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/23/politics/trump-judgment-civil-fraud-ruling/index.html)

Said Nigerians would never 'go back to their huts' after seeing the US (https://www.businessinsider.nl/trump-reportedly-said-haitians-have-aids-nigerians-live-in-huts-in-immigration-outburst-2017-12?international=true&r=US)

Questioned the motives of fallen soldiers (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/29/530597634/trump-honors-fallen-warriors-at-arlington-national-cemetery)

Made lewd comments about women to Billy Bush (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html )

Criticized the Emmy Awards process after his shows failed to win (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/us/politics/trump-apprentice-emmy.html)

Mocked Arianna Huffington's appearance (https://theweek.com/donald-trump/655770/61-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-women)

Sued a tenant for not paying rent even though he did (https://money.cnn.com/2016/03/28/news/trump-apartment-tenants/)

Claiming to be worth $10 billion (https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-money-net-worth-223662)

Claimed 'total' authority over states regarding lifting coronavirus restrictions (https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/04/13/trump-claims-total-authority-over-state-decisions-1275506)

Said Jeb Bush has to like Mexican Illegals because of his wife (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-deletes-tweet-jeb-bushs-wife/story?id=32256986)

Provoked North Korea with a tweet (https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/donald-trump-north-korea-nuclear/index.html)

Insulting the appearance of women candidates (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/04/carly-fiorina-ted-cruzs-unfathomable-choice-for-vice-president.html)

Gloated after they executed Michael Reinoehl without a trial (https://www.opb.org/article/2020/10/15/trump-rally-portland-police-killing-michael-reinoehl/)

Halted a study on the health risks of mountaintop coal-removal sites (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/21/trump-administration-halted-a-study-of-mountaintop-coal-minings-health-effects/)

Publicly discussed North Korea missile test (https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/12/politics/trump-shinzo-abe-mar-a-lago-north-korea/index.html)

Called some places "shithole" countries (https://time.com/5100328/shithole-countries-trump-reactions/)

Defaulted on a $640 million loan and then sued the lender (https://thehill.com/policy/finance/523069-nyt-trump-had-287-million-in-debt-mostly-tied-to-chicago-project-forgiven/)

Involved in over 4,000 lawsuits by 2016 (https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/07/donald-trump-has-at-least-19-different-attorneys-00055084)

Denied a loan by Deutsche Bank after history of defaults (https://www.businessinsider.com/deutsche-bank-trump-loan-report-2016-2019-2)

Bankrupted the Taj Mahal Casino in 1991 (https://casetext.com/case/in-re-trump-taj-mahal-associates)

Tried to buy Greenland (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-buy-greenland-us-island-12m-economic-development/story?id=70305163)

Alienated Black communities during a convention center project proposal (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/us/politics/donald-trump-black-voters.html)

Advocated for killing families of terrorists (https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-terrorists-families/index.html)

Refered to political opponents with racist language (https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4157326-trump-digs-in-on-election-claims-as-legal-charges-pile-up/)

Made xenophobic remarks toward The Squad (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/politics/trump-twitter-squad-congress.html)

Ignored expert warning about COVID-19 (https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/comparing-trump-and-biden-on-covid-19/)

Halted US financial support to UNRWA in 2018 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-administration-cuts-funding-united-nations-palestinian-refugee-agency-n905616)

Claimed the 2016 Iowa Caucus Was Rigged (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/us/politics/iowa-caucuses-trump-election-denial.html)

Took Hundreds of millions of dollars from Adelson (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/10/sheldon-adelson-trump-donation-republicans-congress)

Underpaid undocumented workers during the construction of Trump Tower (https://time.com/4465744/donald-trump-undocumented-workers/)

Sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44852812)

Expressing racist beliefs about Black employees (https://www.grunge.com/1248681/the-worst-things-donald-trump-has-ever-said/)

Easing sanctions on a Russian oligarch's business (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/17/house-rebukes-trump-russia-sanctions-1108939)

Proposed the use of nuclear weapons to disrupt hurricanes (https://www.axios.com/2019/08/25/trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes)

Made disparaging remarks about Haitian immigrants and AIDS (https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-haiti-hiv-aids-racism-b1936210.html)

Rode with secret service while contagious with COVID (https://time.com/5897557/donald-trump-oval-office-coronavirus/)

Repeatedly criticized mail-in voting as corrupt (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-absentee-mail-voting/)

Made inappropriate comments about daughter Ivanka (https://forward.com/schmooze/357185/7-creepy-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-ivanka/)

Said he would accept election results "if he wins" (https://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498713509/donald-trump-says-hell-accept-the-results-of-the-election-if-he-wins)

Trying to defund the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/09/trump-epa-plan-environment)

Approved a raid that resulted in the death of an 8-year-old girl (https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/politics/yemen-raid-daughter-al-qaeda-leader/index.html)

Appointed Kevin Harrington to the National Security Council for money from Peter Thiel (https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Trump-update-Peter-Thiel-confidant-appointed-to-10903818.php)

Said people should stay on a cruise ship because they had covid (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-those-grand-princess-cruise-ship-should-stay-boat-so-us-coronavirus-numbers-dont-go-1491038)

Made inappropriate comments about his infant daughter's body (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/donald-trump-files-tiffany-trump-breasts/)

Inciting violence contibuting to the death of families at a Walmart in El Paso (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889%2F)

Excluded military amputees from a 2018 military parade (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/trump-reportedly-said-no-one-wants-to-see-wounded-vets.html)

Escalating drone strikes (https://eagletonpoliticaljournal.rutgers.edu/us-the-world/u-s-drone-warfare-and-civilian-casualties/)

Encouraged Russian aggression against NATO allies (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-russia-nato-defense-funds/story?id=107136736)

Emboldening far-right Christian nationalists (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21521958/what-is-fascism-signs-donald-trump)

Tried to end DACA (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts\_law/supreme-court-rules-against-trump-administration-attempt-to-end-daca-a-win-for-undocumented-immigrants-brought-to-us-as-children/2020/06/18/4f0b6c74-b163-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a\_story.html)

Significant tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy (https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-2017-trump-tax-law-was-skewed-to-the-rich-expensive-and-failed-to-deliver)

Promised to build a 400-mile wall funded by Mexico (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-mexico-never-paid-it-what-about-trump-s-n1253983)

Pressured the Georgia Secretary of State to find votes (https://www.npr.org/2022/06/21/1106472863/georgia-officials-fact-check-infamous-trump-phone-call-in-real-time)

Lied about the 2020 election (https://apnews.com/article/rnc-trump-stolen-election-claims-6b3bdc8c0b69cf1b9311068ee6cdae8c)

Unfounded claims of voter fraud (https://www.npr.org/2016/11/27/503506026/trump-makes-unfounded-claim-that-millions-voted-illegally-for-clinton)

Demanded the death penalty for the Central Park 5 (https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4695026-sharpton-trump-verdict-central-park-5/)

Allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old girl at a party (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/3/13501364/trump-rape-13-year-old-lawsuit-katie-johnson-allegation)

Withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal (https://apnews.com/article/iran-north-america-donald-trump-iran-nuclear-politics-6c7bbec22af14e03b85daa568b46533d)

Muslim ban (https://www.npr.org/2015/12/07/458836388/trump-calls-for-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-muslims-entering-u-s)

Attempted to dismantle Obamacare during pandemic (https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/affordable-care-act-supreme-court-case/)