Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler this week took on the tall task of going through stories that former President Donald Trump tells at his campaign rallies that he notes are entirely "made up."
Among the many Trump whoppers he dissects in his lengthy fact check are claims that hydrogen cars explode like "a massive bomb being dropped."
"This is nonsense," wrote Kessler, who then asked the Trump campaign for evidence to back up their candidate's claim that hydrogen cars explode with such ferocity that they cause their drivers to be unrecognizable.
"A Trump campaign official provided a link to an article about a 2023 explosion at a hydrogen fueling station for buses in California," Kessler writes. "No one was hurt. That’s not the scenario portrayed by Trump. We couldn’t find any news report that came close to Trump’s description."
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Kessler also tears apart Trump's frequent claim that schools are now forcing students to undergo gender reassignment surgery against their wills and without their parents' permission.
"This is nonsense," Kessler again explained. "Trump keeps saying this in his rallies, but the Trump campaign has never produced evidence to back it up — not of such a procedure being done at a school or of a school sending a student for such surgery with or without parental consent."
Added to all this, Kessler makes quick work of Trump's claim that Vice President Kamala Harris wants to ban cows.
"This line is a staple at his rallies, twisted from a comment Harris made in 2019 on whether dietary guidelines should be changed to encourage less consumption of meat," Kessler notes. "In essence, she said she would support a change in the guidelines, as there had to be incentives to encourage less consumption of meat — even though she loved a cheeseburger from time to time. But there is no requirement for Americans to follow dietary guidelines — and she certainly never called for the elimination of cows."
