Headline RoundupFebruary 1st, 2018
Trump's State of the Union Ratings
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President Trump drew ire across the aisle for incorrectly claiming that his State of the Union address on Tuesday was the most watched in history, with Clinton, Bush, and Obama all drawing higher ratings at some point during their respective presidencies.
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Trump Claims His SOTU Had The Highest Ratings In History. It Didn'tNPR (Online News)
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In a tweet, President Trump claimed the largest audience ever tuned in for his State of the Union address. That's not true.
From the Right
Those State of the Union numbers don't add up, Mr. President (And that shouldn't matter)Washington Examiner
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Well, that didn’t take long. Less than 48 hours after delivering the State of the Union, President Trump undercut that real success with incredibly silly overstatement, claiming his TV viewership was “the highest number in history.”
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From the Left
Donald Trump lied about his State of the Union ratings. Whyyyyyyyy?CNN (Opinion)
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On Thursday morning President Donald Trump said something that wasn't true. "Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech," he tweeted. "45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in. Delivered from the heart!"
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