PolitiFact has been documenting Trump’s statements on our Truth-O-Meter, where we’ve rated 76 percent of them Mostly False, False or
Pants On Fire, out of 77 statements checked. No other politician has as many statements rated so far down on the dial.
In considering our annual Lie of the Year, we found our only real contenders were Trump’s -- his various statements also led our Readers’ Poll. But it was hard to single one out from the others. So we have rolled them into one big trophy.
To the candidate who says he’s all about winning, PolitiFact designates the many campaign misstatements of Donald Trump as our 2015 Lie of the Year.
As of Monday, Trump was in first place among Republican-leaning voters with 34 percent support, according to Real Clear Politics national polling average. Experts speculate that this is because Trump’s supporters, like their candidate, don’t mind the hyperbole. Cont.
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