CNN Fact-Checker Spots ‘Most Egregious Example Yet’ Of A Deceptive Trump Ad

CNN fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale on Tuesday exposed the latest instance of what he described as the Donald Trump campaign’s “habit of deceptively using quotes in its TV ads, cutting out words and taking stuff way out of context.”
A new pro-Trump spot was “the most egregious example yet,” Dale wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
New Trump closing ad begins:“Kamala backed Biden on everything.”Ends with:“Remember, Kamala broke it. president Trump will fix it” pic.twitter.com/kRfAq6LP4K
Dale noted in a thread on the Elon Musk-owned platform how the video “purports to quote the New York Times as writing, ‘Harris is seeking to significantly raise taxes,‘” when the Times’ article actually read, “Harris is seeking to significantly raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.”
The journalist also flagged how a CBS News report on Harris vowing to keep President Joe Biden’s border crackdown was shortened by Trump’s team to say, “Harris vows to keep Biden’s border.”
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“This stuff is incredibly obvious when you look up the source of the claims,” said Dale, who has been calling out and correcting Republican nominee Trump’s lies for years. “But most viewers, of course, are not going to look up the source for the claims,” he added.
This stuff is incredibly obvious when you look up the source of the claims, but most viewers, of course, are not going to look up the source for the claims. /end