Trumps Followers Believe His Lies About the Wall

Published: Feb. 19, 2019, 12:34 p.m.

b'On Monday night, President Donald Trump held a rally in El Paso, Texas. He chose the location based on his claim, delivered in last week\\u2019s State of the Union address, that a border wall had rescued the city from rampant crime. By the time Trump arrived, fact-checkers had demolished this lie, pointing out that the wall had no effect. But Trump told his followers to dismiss the numbers and trust him instead.'