When campaigns include on-screen references in campaign ads, it is intended to validate the arguments with reliable, unbiased sources.

But in conclusion advertisement from former President Donald Trump, quotes on the screen are fraudulently edited to distort what the source material said.

The ad criticizes the economy under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and claims that Americans were better off under Trump’s leadership.

Here’s a summary of the ad’s questionable quote.

“The New York Times: ‘Harris Seeks Big Tax Raise,’ 22 Aug. 2024”

This cuts out the rest of the sentence, making it clear that Harris’ tax increase would only be for the wealthiest Americans and corporations.

The Times The cited article said: “No one making less than $400,000 a year would see their taxes go up under (Harris’) plan. Instead, Harris is seeking to significantly raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and big corporations.”

This is a common misrepresentation of Trump. In mid-October, he said Harris “will raise taxes on the typical American family by an estimated $3,000.” We rated this Fake. That would only be the case if Harris allows all of Trump’s 2017 tax laws to expire; in reality, she would keep the law for Americans making less than $400,000 a year.

“CBS News: ‘Harris vows to keep Biden’s border,’ September 28, 2024”

This appears to place the blame on Harris for high levels of migrants at the US-Mexico border and cuts out a key part of the quote: the word “crackdown”.

The title of this CBS News The article is: “Harris vows to uphold Biden’s border crackdown: ‘America is a sovereign nation’.”

The story’s opening paragraph reads: “During a visit to the US-Mexico border on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to keep President Biden’s asylum crackdown in place if elected, bolstering Democrats’ push for tougher immigration rules.”

“NBC News: ‘Welfare for Illegals,’ March 28, 2018”

When this headline is on screen, the ad’s narrator refers to “bringing welfare to illegals while Americans fight.”

However, this cites a opinion piece it is more than six years old. That article had nothing to do with Biden or Harris, who was not yet president and vice president, and it addressed the issue of occupational licenses for people covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, which temporarily blocks deportation for immigrants who were brought in. to the United States illegally as a child and meets certain qualifications.

“Regardless of one’s stance on illegal immigrant welfare,” the article says, “a license is clearly different from food stamps and other government safety nets.”

“NBC News: ‘Financial worries remain,’ 10 October 2024”

When this quote appears on screen, the narrator says, “It’s time to turn the page on Joe and Kamala’s failed agenda.”

This appears to refer to the caption on an NBC News Facebook post promote a 10 Oct article which ran that day on the NBC News website; The Facebook caption says: “Inflation is down from pandemic peaks, but economic concerns remain.”

However, the article itself gives a more positive impression than Trump’s ad indicates; The NBC News article linked to the Facebook post is headlined “Inflation cools to lowest level since February 2021.”

The article says that just-released inflation data, “while a bit hotter than expected, point to an economy experiencing cooler inflation even as the labor market remains stable and interest rates ease” — a positive take on recent economic news.

The same article also says, “Trump hasn’t offered a detailed economic plan other than proposing a framework of tariffs of up to 20% that he says would boost jobs and boost revenue – results many economists have questioned.”

“USA Today: ‘Lower Prices’, 31 August 2024”

When this is shown on screen, the narrator says that “prices were lower” under Trump.

It is true that inflation was lower under Trump than during much of Biden’s presidency, but the quote cited in the ad does not refer to prices during Trump’s presidency.

The Trump campaign told us this referred to a video by Trump as USA Today published on August 15. The video’s headline says, “‘Drill, baby, drill’: Trump claims more US oil production will lower prices of everything.” This is a prediction Trump himself made in the video, which is just him talking, not something the newspaper wrote about prices while Trump was president.