Donald Trump sat down with a Nevada news affiliate Wednesday, and was fact-checked throughout by a veteran journalist shocked by the claims he made
As newsman Jon Ralston pointed out, Trump doesn't have much of a shot of winning the state in November — but that doesn't mean he's not making the outlandish comments.
Speaking to Reno station 2 News Nevada, Trump claimed he will win the"very special" state in November by 13 points — as Ralston kept up on X.
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"Reality: He has lost NV twice, and almost no chance he wins by double digits," he wrote.
One of the long-time political debates in the state has been about stashing nuclear waste on Yucca Mountain — which has massive opposition. Trump promised he is 100% against the idea which, again, Ralston called out as false.
"Trump repeatedly put Yucca in his budget!" Ralston exclaimed. "He suddenly came out against it as an election-year epiphany!"
Trump went on to claim, "That area is thriving."
Ralston couldn't figure out what he meant.
"This is all jabberwocky from him," he said.
Trump also said he's paying attention to the state's GOP Senate primary race, which he described as "tight." He claimed he'd seen polls showing GOP candidate Sam Brown "leading, actually, by quite a bit." Ralston called that absurd.
"The GOP Senate primary here is not tight," Ralston said, and the person interviewing Trump said as much. Polls this week showed Brown at 52 and opponent Jeff Gunte at 14 percent. Trump hasn't endorsed anyone.
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"Sam Brown will win, and Trump signaled he will endorse him, now that he is sure Brown will win," Ralston wrote.
At one point, Trump randomly inserted that he loves "the Hispanics."
"I've been great to them. They're incredible people. They're smart and entrepreneurial people, they know I like them. And they like me. And I mean, it's somewhat of a revolution going on in terms of the vote with the Hispanic voters," said Trump.
He compared "the Hispanics" to President Joe Biden, "who doesn't know he's alive."
"My goodness," was all Ralston could muster.
