By Mel Gurtov
House speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up Donald Trump’s speech, saying he was “shredding the truth.” It was quite a moment, and though she took some heat for such an impertinent act, she was right: The speech is full of lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations. Here are some that caught my eye, arranged by topic:
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