Trump fires off more than 50 Truth Social posts in manic ‘fact check’ during Harris’ DNC speech

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Donald Trump couldn’t let the Democratic National Convention end on Thursday without one last attempt to grab the spotlight from Kamala Harris. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spent the final night of the DNC posting a rapid-fire series of ‘corrections’ on Truth Social On abortion rights, he claimed: “Everybody, Democrats, Republicans, Liberals, and Conservatives, wanted Roe v. Wade TERMINATED, and brought back to the States,” – a factually untrue statement given that Democrats, at the minimum, have long supporter federal protections for abortion rights. In another: “No specific programs, ALL TALK, NO ACTION — Why didn’t she do it three and a half years ago?” Trump is so rattled that he keeps hitting the buttons on his phone while he’s talking pic.twitter.com/U1rXcJPpsU — Acyn August 23, 2024 Later on Thursday, Trump continued his unhappy tirade against Harris on Fox News to Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum as they anchored the network’s coverage of the DNC. Harris’s four-day convention in Chicago ended with another star-studded night; pop star Pink performed, while comedian Dave Chappelle was spotted in the rafters and actor Ben Stiller was Harris and her new running mate Tim Walz will return to the campaign trail in the days ahead likely boosted by another polling bump stemming from their party’s successful convention.