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Speech · 21 Aug 2026
Remarks at a Campaign Rally for South Carolina Republican Senatorial Candidate Senator Darline Graham Nordone in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
No questions were put, so answering cannot be measured. Claims that held up: 32% of 22 checked (Bluff 34.1 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.
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Supported80% confidence
“I won this State with the highest vote count ever in the history of the State, all three times.”
Claim checkedTrump won South Carolina in 2016, 2020 and 2024, each time with the highest vote count in the state's history.
Trump received 1,155,389 votes in South Carolina in 2016, 1,385,103 in 2020 and 1,483,747 in 2024. Each total was higher than any earlier presidential candidate's in the state: Romney had 1,071,645 in 2012, McCain 1,034,896 in 2008 and Biden 1,091,541 in 2020. The 2024 total is the highest on record.
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Supported92% confidence
“We won all seven swing States.”
Claim checkedTrump won all seven swing states in the 2024 presidential election.
In the November 2024 presidential election Trump carried all seven battleground states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin), winning 312 electoral votes to 226. Fact-checkers confirm this part, while noting his popular-vote margin was about 1.5 points (49.8% to 48.3%).
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Not supported65% confidence
“Egg prices were up four or five times higher than they were a year before.”
Claim checkedWhen Trump took office in January 2025, egg prices were four or five times higher than a year earlier.
BLS data put the average retail price of a dozen Grade A large eggs at about $4.95 in January 2025, against about $2.52 in January 2024. That is roughly double, not four or five times. The egg index of the consumer price index rose 53% between January 2024 and January 2025. Wholesale egg prices, which can rise by a larger multiple, were not checked.
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Partly supported75% confidence
“Biden created the worst inflation in 48 years, the worst trade deficit in world history”
Claim checkedUnder President Biden, US inflation was the highest in 48 years and the US trade deficit was the largest in history.
Inflation under Biden peaked at 9.1% in the year to June 2022, which BLS calls the largest 12-month rise since November 1981, about 40 years, not 48. The US goods and services trade deficit reached a record $948.1 billion in 2022, so a record deficit did occur, though the goods deficit was larger still in 2025 ($1,240.9 billion) and 'in world history' goes beyond what the US data measure.
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Contradicted by evidence80% confidence
“They came from prisons and jails from other countries, from mental institutions and insane asylums, from drug dealers and 11,888 murderers”
Claim checkedPeople who entered the US under Biden came from foreign prisons, jails and mental institutions, and included drug dealers and 11,888 murderers.
The murder figure appears to come from a September 2024 ICE letter. That letter counted 13,099 noncitizens with homicide convictions on ICE's non-detained docket. The docket covers people who arrived over several decades, including during Trump's first term, and many of them are serving sentences in prison. It does not count people who crossed the border under Biden. Experts consulted by fact-checkers said they knew of no evidence that other countries emptied prisons or mental institutions to send people to the US.
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Not supported70% confidence
“$19.2 trillion is being invested right now in the United States, more than any country at any time by many, many times.”
Claim checkedAs of August 2026, $19.2 trillion is being invested in the United States, more than any country has had at any time by many times.
FactCheck.org found that Trump's similar claim of $20 trillion in investment from 'outside countries and companies' was unsupported: it is nearly double the White House's own tally, which is itself made up largely of pledges and announcements rather than money invested. No source shows $19.2 trillion being invested in the US now.
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Contradicted by evidence85% confidence
“we went 40 years without building a car factory, and now we're building more car plants and factories than we ever have in the history of our country.”
Claim checkedThe US went 40 years without building a car factory, and is now building more car plants than at any time in its history.
Many new US car assembly plants opened in the 40 years before 2025, including Volvo's plant in Berkeley County, South Carolina (ground broken 2015) and the Toyota-Mazda plant in Alabama (announced 2018); fact-checkers have repeatedly rated the 'no new car plants in decades' claim false. No data found show more car plants being built now than at any time in US history.
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Not supported65% confidence
“last month, inflation dropped at the fastest rate in many years, and more Americans are working today than at any point in the history of our country”
Claim checkedIn July 2026, US inflation dropped at the fastest rate in many years, and more Americans are working than at any time in US history.
The July 2026 consumer price index, published on 12 August 2026, showed annual inflation easing only from 3.5% to 3.4%, which is not the fastest fall in many years. The July jobs report, published on 7 August, showed nonfarm payrolls down 23,000 in the month; whether total employment was still at a record high could not be confirmed.
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Contradicted by evidence88% confidence
“we ended up building 1,200 miles of wall.”
Claim checkedTrump's administrations have built 1,200 miles of border wall.
The GAO counted about 458 miles of wall built in Trump's first term, 371 of which replaced existing barriers. CBP tracking reported by TIME on 6 August 2026 shows 59 new miles of primary wall, 42 of secondary wall and 38 of replacement wall since January 2025, so roughly 600 miles in total across both terms, about half of 1,200.
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Contradicted by evidence70% confidence
“They don't do that anymore in Washington. No, crime is down 78 percent.”
Claim checkedCrime in Washington, DC, is down 78 percent since Trump's federal crackdown and National Guard deployment there.
Reported data on DC crime around August 2026 show large drops in some categories but no overall drop of 78%. A year after the August 2025 federal surge, the US Attorney's office reported homicides down 45%, carjackings down 64% and robberies down 33%. Total crime was reported down about 20% year to date. The Council on Criminal Justice found aggravated assaults up 45% in the first half of 2026.
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Not supported70% confidence
“Crime is down 79 percent. This is after 5 months.”
Claim checkedCrime in New Orleans fell 79% in the five months after the National Guard was sent in around Mardi Gras 2026.
No source found reports a 79% fall in crime in New Orleans after the National Guard deployment that began in late December 2025. Reported figures are smaller or narrower: in the French Quarter's 8th District homicides fell 87% (15 to 2) but robberies fell 13-31% and aggravated batteries 12%, while citywide murders were down about 34%; violent crime had also been falling for three years before the deployment.
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Supported70% confidence
“just last week, the entire "Dumocrat" National Committee voted to abolish ICE”
Claim checkedIn August 2026, the full Democratic National Committee voted to abolish ICE.
On 15 August 2026 the full Democratic National Committee approved Resolution 27 by unanimous voice vote. The resolution urges Democratic members of Congress to abolish ICE. It is non-binding, and the DNC also passed a competing resolution calling for ICE to be reformed. The DNC chair said neither vote sets the party's formal platform.
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Contradicted by evidence85% confidence
“Ultimate 25 million people throughout the 4-year period came into our country.”
Claim checkedAbout 25 million people entered the US illegally during the four years of the Biden administration.
CBP recorded under 11 million nationwide migrant encounters during the Biden administration (to December 2024), a count of events that includes repeat crossers and people quickly expelled; adding roughly 2.2 million estimated 'gotaways' still falls far short of 25 million. PolitiFact rates the 25 million figure false.
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Partly supported75% confidence
“it was recently announced that American exports have skyrocketed to the highest level in American history.”
Claim checkedUS exports have recently risen to the highest level in American history.
US exports reached a monthly record of $327.1 billion in April 2026, according to the trade report released in June 2026. Exports then fell 3.2% in May, and the June report, released on 4 August 2026, put them at $314.7 billion. Exports for 2026 to June were up 11.7% on the same period of 2025.
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Supported65% confidence
“The stock market has set 80 alltime highs since our election.”
Claim checkedUS stock indexes set about 80 record closing highs between the November 2024 election and August 2026.
The S&P 500 set 10 record closes from 6 November to December 2024, 38-39 in 2025 and 27 in 2026 through 13 August, about 75-76 in all by the 21 August 2026 rally; counting the Dow and Nasdaq records as well, 'the stock market' setting about 80 all-time highs is roughly right.
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Contradicted by evidence80% confidence
“the typical 401(k) is up by nearly $40,000 since I took office”
Claim checkedThe typical American 401(k) balance has risen by nearly $40,000 since Trump took office in January 2025.
Fidelity's average 401(k) balance was $131,700 at the end of 2024 and $141,000 at the end of March 2026. That is a rise of about $9,300. Fidelity's later figure for the second quarter of 2026, $155,800, is still only about $24,000 above the end of 2024. Fact-checkers found Trump's earlier claims of $30,000 and $46,000 gains to be overstated.
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Supported60% confidence
“every single Democrat in Congress voted against your tax cuts.”
Claim checkedEvery Democrat in Congress voted against the 2025 tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) passed the House by 218 to 214 on 3 July 2025, after a 51-50 Senate vote decided by the Vice President; the noes in both chambers included every Democrat, with a few Republicans also voting against.
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Partly supported65% confidence
“in the past 15 months, a historic record of zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States of America.”
Claim checkedNo migrants without legal status were admitted into the United States in the 15 months before August 2026.
DHS/CBP data report zero Border Patrol releases of migrants at the southwest border every month from May 2025, reaching 15 straight months by July 2026, so the 15-month figure matches the release data. But the statement says 'admitted', and Snopes noted that release on parole is a different thing from admission; the release figures also do not count people who crossed without being caught.
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Not supported70% confidence
“we've cut the flow of fentanyl across our border by 64 percent.”
Claim checkedThe Trump administration has cut the flow of fentanyl across the US border by 64 percent.
No data measures the total flow of fentanyl across the border, and experts told FactCheck.org in June 2026 that seizures cannot show it. CBP fentanyl seizures fell about 50% in Trump's first 15 full months of his second term compared with Biden's last 15. No published figure showing a 64% drop was found.
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Partly supported75% confidence
“The largest murder rate drop ever recorded to the lowest level in 125 years, since the year 1900.”
Claim checkedThe U.S. murder rate in 2025 fell by the largest amount on record, to its lowest level since 1900.
FBI data released in August 2026 show murders fell an estimated 18.1% in 2025, the largest one-year drop since national estimates began in 1936, so 'largest drop ever recorded' holds. But the 2025 murder rate of 4.1 per 100,000 ties 1955 and 1956 rather than being the lowest in 125 years. FBI estimates do not go back to 1900, and fact-checkers noted that the 'lowest since 1900' comparison rests on older data built in a different way.
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Contradicted by evidence90% confidence
“he kept your State totally open during COVID.”
Claim checkedSouth Carolina Governor Henry McMaster kept the state totally open during the COVID pandemic.
On 31 March 2020 Governor McMaster ordered non-essential businesses in South Carolina to close from 1 April. On 6 April 2020 he issued a mandatory statewide 'Home or Work' order that took effect on 7 April. A 2023 CNN fact-check also noted that South Carolina closed schools and restricted access to beaches early in the pandemic.
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Contradicted by evidence75% confidence
“For decades, Americans paid the highest prices for prescription drugs anywhere in the world by far, and now we are paying the lowest price paid by any other country.”
Claim checkedAmericans, who for decades paid the world's highest prescription drug prices, now pay the lowest prices of any country thanks to the most-favored-nation drug pricing policy.
The first part matches long-standing evidence that U.S. drug prices were the highest among comparable countries. But FactCheck.org (August 2026) found the most-favored-nation deals much narrower than described. For existing drugs, MFN prices apply only to Medicaid, TrumpRx cash sales and some GLP-1 drugs in Medicare/Medicaid, and the deals do not affect what most privately insured Americans pay. So the U.S. as a whole does not now pay the lowest price of any country.