October 22, 2020 🟡 Significant

Claims windmills 'kill all the birds' at final presidential debate

During the final 2020 presidential debate against Joe Biden, Trump attacked wind energy with multiple false claims. He stated 'I know more about wind than you do' before claiming windmills 'kill all the birds,' create toxic 'fumes' during manufacturing, and are extremely expensive. When Biden pushed back on climate policy, Trump doubled down on his anti-wind rhetoric. The claims were immediately fact-checked as false - cats, buildings, and power lines kill far more birds than wind turbines. The debate moment went viral as another example of Trump's bizarre windmill obsession.

"I know more about wind than you do. It's extremely expensive. Kills all the birds." — Final presidential debate, Nashville, October 22, 2020

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disinformation lie
Domains:
environment economy
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#windmill-obsession#anti-renewable-energy#presidential-debate#disinformation#election-2020

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