Fact-checking the Republican National Convention - Entrepreneur Generations

After a Democratic National Convention that fact-checkers found little to quibble about, on Monday night "President Donald Trump made a dizzying array of misleading claims about voting fraud and health care Monday as fellow Republicans opened their convention with speeches distorting the agenda of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden," The Associated Press reports. "Trump falsely asserted that he was the one who ensured that people with preexisting medical problems will be covered by health insurance; actually that was Democratic President Barack Obama. Several speakers accused Biden of proposing to defund police, ban fracking, take over health care and open borders — none of that true."

Here are some specific claims and fact-checking:

Trump said the Republicans had "very strongly" protected people's ability to obtain health insurance who had pre-existing health conditions. That was untrue; President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act did protect that right under law, but Trump is trying to dismantle that law, the AP reports.

Trump said traditional absentee voting was fine, but other mail-in voting was "very, very bad." But "he’s making a false distinction," the AP reports. "Mail-in ballots are cast in the same way as absentee mail ballots, with the same level of scrutiny such as signature verification in many states." The AP also notes that voter fraud is incredibly rare.

Trump insinuated that the Democrats are trying to set up an unfair election by encouraging mail-in ballots and trying to get more funding for the U.S. Postal Service. However, "No postal scam has emerged from the Democrats. Instead Trump has given credence to suspicions that he wants to suppress mail-in voting to help his chances in the election," the AP reports.

Defective ballots in an election are fraudulent, Trump said. But the overwhelming majority are not, the AP reports. Most are disqualified because they arrive late, which is a particular concern this year with the recent Postal Service delays.

Click here for more fact-checking on the opening night of the RNC, including claims on fracking, the economy, defunding the police, and more.

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