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2024 RNC Day 3 fact check of the Republican National Convention
CBS News is fact checking some of the statements made by speakers during the 2024 Republican National Convention, which is taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through Thursday, July 18. On Wednesday, the third day of the RNC, JD Vance, the vice presidential nominee, addressed the convention.
The convention’s theme Wednesday was foreign policy, and many of the speakers criticized the Biden administration’s handling of national security and argued that the nation would be stronger if former President Donald Trump is elected. Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, as well as Donald Jr.’s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle and his daughter Kai addressed the convention; conservative commentator Tucker Carlson also spoke.
Monday’s theme was the economy, so several of the statements checked relate to U.S. economic concerns, and Tuesday focused on safety and law enforcement.
CBS News is covering the RNC live.
Fact check on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s claim that 11 million immigrants have crossed the southern border: Misleading
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas: “Under [Biden’s] watch, around 11 million immigrants have crossed our border illegally.”
Details: Nationwide, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported around 10 million migrant encounters since 2021. But the number of encounters doesn’t represent individual people, since some migrants cross the border multiple times. And not every migrant who is processed is allowed to stay in the U.S. Under President Biden, the U.S. has carried out over 4 million deportations, expulsions and returns of migrants since the start of fiscal year 2021, according to Department of Homeland Security data.
There are migrants who have evaded capture. The exact number isn’t known, but one government official estimate from U.S. Border Patrol obtained by Fox News said it could be about 1.7 million migrants since the 2021 fiscal year.
Sen. Ted Cruz made a similar claim on Tuesday, the second day of the convention.
By Laura Doan
Fact check on Abbott claims that under Trump, U.S. had lowest level of illegal border crossings in four decades: True, but not for every year of his presidency
Gov. Greg Abbott: “Under President Trump, we had the lowest illegal border crossings in about four decades.”
Details: In 2017 the yearly number of apprehensions at the southern border hit a 46-year low, according to U.S. Border Patrol data. This was the lowest number since 1971.
But during 2019, the number of apprehensions at the southern border spiked at over 850,000, the highest level in over a decade. In 2020, the year Trump left office, illegal immigration levels were higher than when he was inaugurated.
By Laura Doan and Alexander Hunter
Fact check on Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s claim that China, cartels are sending fentanyl across U.S. border: True, needs context
Sen. JD Vance: “China and the cartels sent fentanyl across the border, adding addiction to the heartache.”
Details: Mexican cartels are the main source of finished fentanyl that is distributed into the United States, with China being the main supplier of the precursor chemicals and pill presses the cartels use to produce the drugs, according to a 2024 report by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
However, this is not a new problem. Fentanyl and its altered forms have accounted for a sharp increase in drug overdose deaths since around 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their most recent report shows a slight decrease in deaths from synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, in 2023.
It is also worth noting that in 2023, 86.4% of individuals sentenced for fentanyl trafficking were U.S. citizens, according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
By Emma Li and Laura Doan
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Barry Enderwick is eating his way through history, one sandwich at a time. Every day from his home in San Jose, California, Enderwick posts a cooking video from a recipe that time forgot. From the 1905 British book “Salads, Sandwiches and Savouries,” Enderwick prepared the New York Sandwich.
The recipe called for 24 oysters, minced and mixed with mayonnaise, seasoned with lemon juice and pepper, and spread over buttered day-old French bread.
Rescuing recipes from the dustbin of history doesn’t always lead to culinary success. Sampling his New York Sandwich, Enderwick decried it as “a textural wasteland. No, thank you.” Into the trash bin it went!
But Enderwick’s efforts have yielded his own cookbook, a collection of some of the strangest – and sometimes unexpectedly delicious – historical recipes you’ve never heard of.
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He even has a traveling stage show: “Sandwiches of History Live.”
From the condiments to the sliced bread, this former Netflix executive has become something of a sandwich celebrity. “You can put just about anything in-between two slices of bread,” he said. “And it’s portable! In general, a sandwich is pretty easy fare. And so, they just have universal appeal.”
Though the sandwich gets its name famously from the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, the earliest sandwich Enderwick has eaten dates from 200 B.C.E. China, a seared beef sandwich called Rou Jia Mo.
He declared it delicious. “Between the onions, and all those spices and the soy sauce … oh my God! Oh man, this is so good!”
While Elvis was famous for his peanut butter and banana concoction, Enderwick says there’s another celebrity who should be more famous for his sandwich: Gene Kelly, who he says had “the greatest man sandwich in the world, which was basically mashed potatoes on bread. And it was delicious.”
Whether it’s a peanut and sardine sandwich (from “Blondie’s Cook Book” from 1947), or the parmesian radish sandwich (from 1909’s “The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book”), Enderwick tries to get a taste of who we were – good or gross – one recipe at a time.
RECIPE: A sophisticated club sandwich
Blogger Barry Enderwick, of Sandwiches of History, offers “Sunday Morning” viewers a 1958 recipe for a club sandwich that, he says, shouldn’t work, but actually does, really well!
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