{"id":131132,"date":"2016-07-19T07:37:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T13:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/19\/not-that-fact-checking-the-rnc-will-do-any-good-mind-you.html"},"modified":"2016-07-19T07:37:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T13:37:23","slug":"not-that-fact-checking-the-rnc-will-do-any-good-mind-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/19\/not-that-fact-checking-the-rnc-will-do-any-good-mind-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Not that fact-checking the RNC will do any good, mind you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though I have to say I was a bit concerned that Rudy Giuliani was going to drop dead of apoplexy on stage, which would have cast a brief pall over the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Funniest fact-check: Trump taking credit for the convention being in Cleveland. I kid you not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/fact-checking-first-night-republican-national-convention-n612081'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/o1biYEzrlggKi3bJEJvjzexUGe3aEIl4upso6LqmKHJxu2t6YFfz3dUtMvRgKf0ryK5uDsy-Ao8xy05jKO46WPdQEz4jTwf5ieZa5hliqzEIB3xVIUIUq0nu60AFoBlsK1RQ2rjhMm8N2LU6uwCbwLewbMCUYk4KNaliwRi9M4gaOs-BoPbZfJfXo_54JLgTXzedNjEBsU-3OmpUPh2n-KsYaK4=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2016-election\/fact-checking-first-night-republican-national-convention-n612081'>Fact-Checking the First Night of the Republican National Convention<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nNBC News fact-checked some of the claims made during the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/ZxHyzuk34aG'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though I have to say I was a bit concerned that Rudy Giuliani was going to drop dead of apoplexy on stage, which would have cast a brief pall over the proceedings. Funniest fact-check: Trump taking credit for the convention being in Cleveland. I kid you not. Fact-Checking the First Night of the Republican National &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/19\/not-that-fact-checking-the-rnc-will-do-any-good-mind-you.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Not that fact-checking the RNC will do any good, mind you&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30060,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/01\/the-first-years-are-hard-years-much-more-than-you-know.html","url_meta":{"origin":131132,"position":0},"title":"The first years are hard years (much more than you know &#8230;)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 1-Sep-12 11:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"... when you're Ann Romney.I have no doubt that Mitt and Ann had financial worries in those days. 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