After Hillary Clinton spoke Wednesday in Commerce City, The Denver Post examined two of the claims she made in her remarks: one dealing with public lands, the other with Donald Trump’s history of bankruptcy.
CLAIM: “I couldn’t believe that Trump has basically gone along with what they put into the Republican platform: (a provision) that would disrupt and take back public lands.”
CONTEXT: Clinton’s line highlights a plank in the approved last month in Cleveland that reads as follow: “Congress shall immediately pass universal legislation providing for a timely and orderly mechanism requiring the federal government to convey certain federally controlled public lands to states.”
The document isn’t clear on what lands should be considered, although it notes the federal government owns or controls , mostly in the West.
What is clear, however, is the aim of proposal: the transfer of some federal land to state control.
The idea has been raised recently in several statehouses, , and one argument made by supporters is that this transfer would allow states to “,” through activities such as natural resource development.
Environmentalists, in general, are opposed to the idea because of fears it would lead to more mining or timber-cutting on lands now under federal control.
CONCLUSION: No matter what Clinton thinks of the GOP land-transfer plan, she is inaccurate in describing Trump’s position, according to past media reports.
As outlined last month by The Huffington Post, Trump has on at least two occasions about the idea. That includes telling Field & Stream in January that the federal-transfer proposal “because I want to keep the lands great, and you don’t know what the state is going to do.”
CLAIM: “If Donald Trump can plead bankruptcy six times and refinance his debts, American students and families ought be able to refinance their debts.”
CONTEXT: Democrats frequently have used Trump’s financial history as fodder on the campaign trail, notably his bankruptcy filings. The barb has come up enough that fact-checker Politifact examined the issue on two occasions, when its investigators concluded the business mogul had filed for bankruptcy six times.
CONCLUSION: Trump has filed for bankruptcy at least six times, primarily in relation to his business dealings in the gaming industry.
