CNN Fact Checker Says This Trump Ad Could Be the “Most Misleading” of the 2024 Election

CNN fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale on Tuesday reported on a new ad released by Donald Trump’s campaign that Dale said “may be the most misleading campaign ad I’ve seen this entire cycle.”

The video targeted Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ tax plan.

But it included “two horribly edited quotes, plus a made-up statistic,” Dale highlighted.

The beginning of the ad pointed to an August article in The New York Times, which warned: “Harris is trying to significantly raise taxes.”

Dale pointed out, however, that the full quote was actually, “Harris is trying to significantly raise taxes on the richest Americans and large corporations.”

“So those very important words were eliminated,” Dale said.

Elsewhere in the ad, Harris was seen saying that “taxes are going to have to go up.” But as Dale noted, the entire context of what Harris actually said in 2019 was that “estate taxes will have to rise for the wealthiest Americans.”

The ad omitted the words “for the richest Americans,” Dale said.

Finally, the pro-Trump ad said Harris’ plan would increase family taxes by $2,580. He cited the right-wing think tank Tax Foundation. But the foundation told Dale, “I don’t know where that number comes from.”

Watch Dale’s full analysis here: