Was 'trump' uttered 1,326 times during the democratic debates?
Was 'trump' uttered 1,326 times during the democratic debates?"
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Claim: The name "Trump" was spoken 1,326 times during the first 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates. In late June 2019, a set of statistics purportedly showing the
"Democratic Debates by the numbers" started spreading on social media, leading with a reference to U.S. President Donald Trump: The Twitter accounts pushing the numbers claimed
that the word "Trump" was said 1,326 times during the debate, "free" was said 683 times, the Spanish language was spoken 14 times, and the word "America" was
spoken only twice. Not one of these statistics is accurate. The Democrats held two debates to accommodate a large field of candidates. The first 10 candidates gathered for a debate on June
26, while the second 10 candidates took the stage the following night. Transcripts (as well as video) of these events are readily available online. We counted the number of times
"Trump," "free," and "America" were spoken during both nights of debates and found the actual numbers to be quite different from the viral meme. According to
our count, the candidates and the moderators said the word "Trump" 41 times on the first night and 53 times the second night for a grand total of 94 times. The viral meme was off
by about 1,200. We found approximately 18 instances of the word "free" during both nights of the debate (for a total of 36, not 683). Some 86 iterations of the word
"America" came up during night one, and 99 uses of "America" on night two (for a total of 185, not twice.) Getting a clear count on how often Spanish was spoken during
the first round of debates was a little more difficult, but the meme's claim that the language was spoken "14 times" seem, again, to be grossly exaggerated. During the first
night of debates, candidates Beto O'Rourke and Corey Booker both answered a question in Spanish, while Julián Castro used the word “adios" during his closing statement. On night
two, Pete Buttigieg greeted moderator José Diáz Balart in Spanish, but delivered his answers in English. By our count, Spanish was spoken four times during the debate, not 14. SOURCES
Beckwith, Ryan. "All of the Highlights From Night 2 of the 2020 Democratic Debate." _Time_. 28 June 2019. Morin, Rebecca. "Some 2020 Democrats Spoke in Spanish
During Their First Debate. Was it 'Hispandering'?" _USA Today_. 30 June 2019. Taylor, Ryan. "Transcript from First Night of the 2019 Democratic Debates."
_Rev.com_. 27 June 2019. Taylor, Ryan. "Transcript from Night 2 of the 2019 Democratic Debates." _Rev.com_. 28 June 2019.
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