Trump’s 90 minute acceptance speech peppered with references to buying votes, Hannibal Lecter and Viktor Orban. And as always, lies.

Donald J. Trump gives acceptance speech in Milwaukee. Screenshot from ABC.

Donald J. Trump accepted the Republican nomination in Milwaukee on Thursday night with a rambling speech that “went off the rails.” It was, per S.O.P., filled with lies. Of note: there were no former Cabinet members in the audience, but ‘ousted’ Tucker Carlson was there.

CNN’s fact check of Trump’s speech… it’s a long list pic.twitter.com/36Z0Tb7Ckq

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 19, 2024

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