Tuesday night’s Presidential debate got the attention of 67 million viewers according to Neilsen analytics. Naturally, the internet was abuzz with memes, gifs, etc., that were following along taking sides as well as fact checking Trump’s rampant lies. While he was getting fact checked by the ABC debate hosts, PolitiFact was doing it live and even Mary Trump was fact checking some of what he was saying on her YouTube channel.
Kamala referred to climate change and clean energy saying:
The young people of America care deeply about this issue. And I am proud that as vice president over the last four years, we have invested a trillion dollars in a clean energy economy while we have also increased domestic gas production to historic levels. We have created over 800,000 new manufacturing jobs while I have been vice president. We have invested in clean energy to the point that we are opening up factories around the world.
When it was Trump’s turn to respond, at one point in his stream of incoherent babble of lies, he told this one.
“…you believe in things that the American people don’t believe in. You believe in things like we’re not going to frack. We’re not going to take fossil fuel. We’re not going to do, things that are going to make this country strong, whether you like it or not. Germany tried that and within one year they were back to building normal energy plants. We’re not ready for it.”
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Then, this happened.
Dude got fact checked by an entire nation’s official gov account: https://t.co/918twC69TC
— Emily Mayer (she/her) (@emilymayerSC) September 11, 2024
Many on Twitter complained about the decision made by the German government as it is a controversial issue. One even posted, incorrectly that Germany was restarting one of its coal-fired plants, without saying that it was temporary.
— Chris G (@ChrisGThree4) September 12, 2024
Germany has actually shut down its last three nuclear power plants, and last 7 coal-fired plants, especially the one mentioned by Reuters, officially ending its atomic energy era in favor of renewable energy. This move follows decades of anti-nuclear protests, stoked by disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima.
While critics argue nuclear power is key to cutting greenhouse gases, Germany is sticking to its plan to phase out fossil fuels and focus on solar and wind. Before shutting down the coal plants, they did have to leaning on those plants and gas to fill the gap considering the ongoing energy crisis linked to the war in Ukraine. As the Twitterverse shows in the comments, the debate is fierce, but Germany’s keeping the course. Another fact-check on the former liar in chief.
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