'They tried to kill him' is now the bogus claim Vance uses to introduce Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

84% : Vance, who reviled Trump before flip-flopping into his biggest fan, is the perfect politician to deliver that lie.
37% : The speeches provide plenty of clues, even as the Trump campaign dodged my attempt to get clarification on who Vance was talking about.Vance, while introducing Trump at a rally in North Carolina last week, cast his would-be boss in Trump's favorite role: as a victim.
37% : "U.S. Rep. Eli Crane, an Arizona Republican and former Navy SEAL, recounted for a right-wing radio host the litany of attempts to bankrupt and imprison Trump before adding: "The next step in this escalation is for them to try and kill him because they know they can't beat him fair and square.
35% : It seems that Trump presented the easiest target, closest to home for Crooks.
30% : Vance, in both speeches, echoed the conspiracy theories that cropped up right after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania last month.
23% : One person tried to kill Trump.
21% : Ben Carson, who served in Trump's administration, made the same complaints about Democrats trying to ruin Trump during his speech at the Republican National Convention last month before proclaiming, "And then last weekend they tried to kill him!"This is the Trump campaign mainstreaming a conspiracy theory, ignoring requests for proof or clarification, just spouting the prevarication over and over, hoping it catches on with voters.
19% : I tallied five lies in all that, with "they" being the newest and most insidious deception:Vance's introduction last week was nearly identical to an introduction he gave Trump at an Aug. 3 rally in Atlanta.
17% : He took his father's rifle to the July 13 Trump rally and was killed by a Secret Service sniper after firing rounds that wounded Trump and others in the audience and killed one man.
17% : Trump is a gun violence victim: We're talking about Secret Service after assassination attempt.

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