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Greeley Theatre’s Upcoming “Into The Woods:” An Interview with HGHS Theatre Director Jonathan Gellert

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“Powerful Artistry” in Progress! Be sure to SAVE THE DATES for Into the Woods: November 17, 18 & 19

By Ellen Davis

The Horace Greeley Theatre Company is hard at work.  Rehearsals have begun for “Into the Woods” which is scheduled for November, 17th, 18th and 19th.   I hope you all come out to see how talented our students are. They are singing, dancing and acting. They are building sets.  They are creating costumes.  They are assistant directing.  They are playing music. They are working tech. They are designing hair and makeup.  I got a sneak peek.  The kids sound amazing and it is truly a joyous atmosphere.  Recently I had the opportunity to discuss the upcoming year with Horace Greeley’s Theater Director Jonathan Gellert.  Here’s what he had to say.

Ellen Davis:  I think “Into the Woods” is such a wonderful ensemble musical.  Why did you choose it?

Jonathan Gellert:  I’ve have wanted to direct “Into the Woods” for many years and have always held off because, although it provides a uniquely large number of roles, it is not written with an ensemble. It is very important to me to have at least one show a season that provides an opportunity for every student who wishes to perform. That said, I decided pretty early on last year that “Into the Woods” would be the best show to start off this year for a number of reasons (the cast breakdown–the challenge provided by the material – the timeless message) and I have been looking for ways to involve more cast members in as much action as the production will allow.woods2

ED:  It must have made you feel great to see how many kids auditioned? There seems to be some wonderfully talented students.

JG:  There are 22 students in “Into The Woods” who are completely new to Greeley Theater and 15 of them are Freshmen. It absolutely makes me and the rest of the Performing Arts department feel great to see those numbers and to be working with so many excited and motivated young artists.

ED:  You are starting your second year at Greeley.  How’s it going so far?

JG:   As I start my second year at Greeley I am incredibly optimistic about the future of this program. Chappaqua is such a special strong passionate community that is uniquely devoted to the arts and Greeley is an extraordinary place, full of bright, hardworking and talented students.  I will do everything I can this year and in the years ahead to give this school and community the program that it deserves.woods1

ED:  What can we expect this year from the Theatre Repertory company?

JG:  The Actors in the Repertory Theater class are learning “Linklater”–that is they are working carefully and thoughtfully to lay the foundation of grounded connected performance. Linklater work and work inspired by Kristen Linklater is a staple of every major theater training program in the English speaking world. It is an advanced training that requires serious focused work and does not offer immediate gratification; however, if the exercises are approached with professionalism, maturity and diligence then they are an investment in truly powerful artistry.  We are going to take this work and apply it to our first project which is an evening of the short later experimental plays of “Samuel Beckett”. These works explore stillness and motion, silence and stream of thought and light and darkness in beautiful ways. These short plays also provide tremendous challenges for the student designers in the class. The designers in the Repertory Theater class are being mentored for this project by Charles Kirby –a professional scenic designer based in NYC. Second semester the Repertory Theater class will work on more naturalistic scene work and designers will create models and renderings. We will then work together to create an original piece.woods3

 ED:  What other productions are on tap?

JG:  After “Into the Woods” the next production on tap is “Peter and the Starcatcher.” This prequel to Peter Pan is in my opinion one of the most exciting new plays in the last 20 years. It has just become available for licensing and is being produced widely in many theaters, universities and high schools. The original Broadway cast had only one female but I plan to cast the production of 12 principles and up to eight additional ensemble evenly between male and female. I am also lucky to be good friends with two members of the original cast and have been promised that barring out of town work, they would be very happy to come and work with us here at Greeley. The next production will be an evening of three plays by Thornton Wilder. Before Wilder wrote “Our Town” he experimented with form and created a number of profound, original short works. These works play with time and space as they capture the universals within the everyday interactions of people going about their lives in early 20th century America. Finally, Springfest this year will once again offer an exciting opportunity for playwrights and directors to present their original works.

ED:  Please let everyone know when “Into the Woods” will be performed and when tickets will go on sale?

JG:   Into the Woods will be performed November 17th at 7 p.m.,  November 18th at 8 p.m. and November 19th at 8 p.m. Tickets will be on sale by the last week in October.

ED:  What would you tell a student that is curious about the theater program?

JG:  I would tell a student who is interested in the Greeley Theater program that we offer a place here for you to stretch, grow, take risks, and explore. In addition to our full production schedule, design and technical students have an opportunity to learn stagecraft from the ground up and for those who exhibit the dedication and drive, to assume leadership positions in set construction, lighting, sound and costuming.

The Theater program offers acting classes at every level, beginning with Acting 1 that lays a solid foundation of improvisation and play which will help you to get more and more comfortable on stage; Acting 2,3,4 which will teach you a solid acting technique; Repertory Theater which is designed for the serious student to take on greater and great challenges and Play writing and Directing class which culminates in our annual festival of new work. There is a place for you here at Greeley Theater!

ED:  Please feel free to add anything you would like included.

JG:   “Love the art in yourself–not yourself in the art” is central to my philosophy. I deeply believe that this quotation by Konstantin Stanislavski–the founder of modern acting training is at the heart of a healthy and safe environment.

ellen-davis-photoEllen Davis writes, produces and directs video content. She is also a Friends of Greeley Theatre board member.

 

First Place Winner–Sakurako Saimaru–in Chappaqua Orchestra’s 2016 Concerto Competition

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Please visit the YouTube link below to watch The Chappaqua Orchestra’s 2016 Concerto Competition 1st place winner – Sakurako Saimaru – perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto No.1 E minor, Op. 64 and her encore of the Bach Sonata.mendelson

Mendelssohn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gdn6fwqS4

Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVJ_65aVcgk

You can also listen to Miss Saimaru’s performance on WQXR – Robert Sherman’s – “Young Artist Showcase” on Wednesday October 19th – between 9 p.m.-10 p.m

If you would like to make a donation to the Chappaqua Orchestra, please visit http://chappaquaorchestra.org/donate.html

October 13: New Castle Community Media Center Annual Meeting

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New Castle Community Media Center will be holding it’s Annual Organization Meeting Thursday, October 13, at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Theater of the Chappaqua Library, 195 S Greeley Ave, Chappaqua NY. This and all NCCMC Board meetings are open to the public. We will cover scheduled NCCMC business and election of officers, followed by a presentation/discussion of our annual activities and financial reports.

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Two Chappaqua Residents Emphasize Critical Need for Organs

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Learn More and Enroll on Organ Donor Enrollment Day in New Castle: Thursday, October 6

My daughter Acacia received a life saving transplant at 13 months old. Total strangers saved my daughter’s life. Today she is a thriving freshman at HGHS. Please sign up to be an organ donor today and help give the gift of life.”  Hailey Puleo of Chappaqua

“You can never really understand how important being an organ donor is until someone in your family is in desperate need of a life saving transplant.” Barbara Lerman of Chapppaqua, whose daughter Sydney had a heart transplant 11 years ago at the age of 2.

Acacia, organ recipient
Acacia, organ recipient

LiveOnNY is holding its second annual Organ Donor Enrollment Day on Thursday, October 6th.  This event is focused on one goal: to enroll as many willing New Yorkers as possible as organ donors in a single day.

While 92% of New Yorkers support organ donation, only 27% of New Yorkers are registered. New York ranks 50th out of 50 states in the percentage of residents registered as organ donors, and New York ranks third in the country for the number of people waiting for organ transplants, according to LongLiveNY.org.  Additionally, according to LiveOnNY, more than 120,000 people in the United States are waiting for organ transplants. Of these, nearly 10,000 live in the greater New York metropolitan area. This contributes to a troubling fact: every 18 hours a New Yorker dies waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.enrollment-day-logo

We are doing our part – here in New Castle.  You have a choice: it can be another ordinary day, or it can be an EXTRAordinary day. It can be EXTRAordinary because you have the opportunity to be a part of an incredible movement to support organ donation and sign up to help save lives. A table will be set up in front of 26 S Greeley Ave, Chappaqua from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Let’s make October 6th an EXTRAordinary day!

 

Sydney: an organ recipient when she was two years old.
Sydney: a heart recipient when she was two years old.

Joel Seligman, President and CEO of Northern Westchester Hospital stated “Organ donation is a second chance at life, and we’re hopeful that on this enrollment day we’ll see a significant increase in registered donors in our area, I am grateful to the Town Supervisors and their teams who have embraced this initiative, for our NWH volunteers, the willingness of organ donor recipients and donor family members to share their stories and for the efforts of LiveOnNY.”

“New Castle Town Supervisor Rob Greenstein stated “Our community is so incredibly generous with their time and money,  We are asking them to be generous with organ donation. If we can get one person to donate, it makes this worthwhile. Come give the gift of life.  I would like to thank Barbara Lerman and Hailey Puleo for their help – not just with our drive on October 6th – but everyday!”.

 

Hillary Clinton Cites Media Findings of Multiple Lies by Trump During the Debate

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The Hillary for America press campaign has unveiled a virtual laundry list of falsehoods from Donald Trump Monday night.  The campaign is citing the following corrections from independent fact checkers from a host of media outlets including AP, CBS News, Factcheck.org, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Voluntary Fact Check,  Bloomberg News and Politifact. — Grace

hillary-logoIndependent Fact Checkers Debunk Trump’s False Statements During Monday’s Debate

After the first presidential debate it’s clear there is only one candidate who is ready to be commander-in-chief: Hillary Clinton. On Monday night, Trump lied repeatedly, showing once again he lacks the knowledge, values and temperament to be president. There was so much inaccurate information during the debate that we decided to compile all the fact checks in one place.  There are quite a few.

  1. AP: “Trump, denying Clinton’s accusation that he supported the Iraq war: ‘Wrong. Wrong.’ Later: ‘I was against the war in Iraq.’ […] THE FACTS: There is no evidence Trump expressed public opposition to the war before the U.S. invaded”
  2. AP: “TRUMP, when Clinton accused him of calling climate change a hoax invented by the Chinese: ‘I did not say that.’[…] THE FACTS: Yes he did, in the form of a 2012 tweet: “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”
  3. AP: “TRUMP: ‘I’ve been under audit for almost 15 years.’ […] THE FACTS: Trump hasnever provided evidence to the public that he is actually under audit. A letter released by his tax attorneys never used the word, merely describing his tax returns under continuous examination. Trump has declined to provide the IRS’ formal notice of audit to The Associated Press and other news outlets..”
  4. AP: “TRUMP to Clinton: ‘You’ve been fighting ISIS your entire adult life.’ […] THE FACTS: Hillary Clinton was born in 1947 and is 68 years old. She reached adulthood in 1965. The Islamic State group grew out of an al-Qaida spinoff, al-Qaida in Iraq in 2013, the year Clinton left the State Department.”
  5. AP:“TRUMP: ‘My father gave me a small loan in 1975.’ […] THE FACTS: Trump got a whole lot more than a small loan. Aside from $1 million in financing from his father, Trump received loan guarantees, bailouts and a drawdown from his future inheritance.”
  6. AP:“TRUMP: ‘You don’t learn a lot from tax returns.’ […] THE FACTS: Americans stand to learn plentyif he releases his tax returns like other presidential candidates have done.”
  7. AP: “TRUMP: ‘Our jobs are fleeing the country. They’re going to Mexico. They’re going to many other countries. … Ford is leaving, thousands of jobs leaving Michigan, leaving Ohio.” […] THE FACTS: There are no official data on job flows between countries.” However, the U.S. economy has added nearly 14.9 million jobs since 2010, when the economy bottomed out after the recession.
  8. AP: “TRUMP: President Barack Obama ‘has doubled (the national debt) in almost eight years.’ […] THE FACTS: Trump’s expressed concern about the national debt obscures that his own policies would increase it by much more than Clinton’s,according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.”
  9. AP: “TRUMP: ‘Had we taken the oil (in Iraq) — and we should have taken the oil — ISIS would not have been able to form.’ […] THE FACTS: Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. should have seized Iraq’s natural resources would have required that it also seize control of the country and at no point was the U.S. in a position to do so.”
  10. AP:“TRUMP: ‘The Fed, by keeping interest rates at this level, the Fed is doing political things. … The Fed is being more political than Secretary Clinton.’ […] THE FACTS: This is a recurrent claim by Trump with no evidence to back it up.”
  11. AP: “TRUMP on hacking of the Democratic National Committee: ‘I don’t think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC… I mean it could be Russia. But it could also be China. It could be lots of other people.’ […] Trump’s refusal to point the finger at Moscow is at odds with the prevailing position of the U.S. intelligence community.”
  12. AP: “TRUMP said a 1970s racial discrimination case against his real estate business was settled ‘with no admission of guilt’ and that the case was “brought against many real estate developers.” […] THE FACTS: The first claim is technically correct; the second is ”
  13. AP:“TRUMP: ‘Stop-and-frisk had a tremendous impact on the safety of New York City. Tremendous beyond belief.’ […] THE FACTS: Trump is correct that the murder rate has plummeted in New York in the last two decades. But the same could be said for many other large American cities during the same period, and there’s certainly no way to credit stop-and-frisk for the decline.”
  14. Bloomberg: On Trump denying Clinton’s accusation that he supported the Iraq war: Fact check: “When asked whether he supported going to war in Iraq in a 2002 appearance on Howard Stern’s radio show, Trump said, “Yeah, I guess so.”
  15. Bloomberg: “Trump: ‘So Ford is leaving. You see that, their small-car division leaving. Thousands of jobs leaving Michigan, leaving Ohio, they are all leaving.'” Fact check:”[T]he company is cutting ‘zero’ jobs in the U.S.”
  16. Bloomberg:When Clinton accused Trump of calling climate change a hoax created by the Chinese, Trump claimed: “I did not. I do not say that.” Fact check: “Trump has a history of questioning climate change.”
  17. CBS News: “TRUMP:  ISIS has ‘oil all over the place, including the oil, a lot of the oil, in Libya.’ [..] FACT CHECK: Claudia Gazzini, a Tripoli-based senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, told the Washington Post that it was simply not true that the Islamic State has control of any Libyan oil.”
  18. CBS News:“Donald Trump claims ‘stop and frisk’ policies in New York City worked well and brought the crime rate ‘way down.’ […] FACT CHECK: Trump said murder is up in New York City, but murder is actually down 4.3 percent this year-to-date.”
  19. CBS News: “Donald Trump claims that Hillary Clinton started the ‘birther’ movement. […] FACT CHECK: This has been Trump’s line since the ‘birther’ issue resurfaced this fall, but Clinton’s campaign has repeatedly denied being involved.”
  20. CBS News: “Donald Trump claims that his lawyers have told him not to release his tax returns. […] FACT CHECK: In the letter from Trump’s lawyers released by his campaign, they do NOT say the taxes should not be released.”
  21. CBS News: “Donald Trump says Ford is ‘thousands of jobs’ are leaving Michigan and Ohio. […] FACT CHECK: “Their small car division is leaving” – This part is true, but Ford says it will affect “zero” U.S. jobs.”
  22. CNN: “Trump claimed that New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy was not ruled unconstitutional — but it was.”
  23. CNN: “Trump claimed that a false conspiracy theory about President Barack Obama’s birthplace began with Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.”  Rating: “FALSE”
  24. CNN: “Trump: “Murders are up” in NYC” Rating: “FALSE”
  25. CNN: “Trump: Stop-and-frisk wasn’t ruled unconstitutional” Rating: “FALSE”
  26. CNN: “Trump: ‘She was involved’ in spreading birtherism’ REALITY CHECK: FALSE”
  27. CNN: “Trump: ‘I did not support the war in Iraq.’ REALITY CHECK: FALSE”
  28. CNN: “Trump: ‘I am going to cut taxes big league and you are going to raise taxes big league. End of story.’ REALITY CHECK: MOSTLY FALSE”
  29. CNN: “Trump: ‘You’ve been fighting ISIS your entire adult life’ REALITY CHECK: FALSE”
  30. CNN: “Trump: ‘Ford is leaving. Their small car division — thousands of jobs, leaving Michigan, leaving Ohio.’ REALITY CHECK: FALSE”
  31. CNN: “Trump denies calling pregnancy ‘an inconvenience’ to employers REALITY CHECK: FALSE”
  32. org: “Trump was right in saying that Ford is moving its small-car division overseas, but wrong in claiming that as a result, thousands of jobs are leaving Michigan and Ohio. Ford’s CEO insists not a single job will be lost in the U.S.”
  33. org: “Trump left the false impression that the Obama administration failed to disclose the full amount paid to Iran in January to settle a long outstanding claim.”
  34. org: “Clinton said Trump thinks ‘climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.’ Trump denied it. In 2012, he tweeted that the Chinese had created global warming but later said he was joking.”
  35. org:  “Trump claimed without evidence that the Clinton campaign in 2008 was pushing ‘very hard’ the false story that President Obama was born in Kenya, not in Hawaii.”
  36. org: “Trump claimed ‘the record shows’ he was opposed to the Iraq War before it started… but there is no record of that.”
  37. org: “Clinton said Trump’s businesses had filed for bankruptcy six times; he said it was four. Clinton is right.”
  38. org: “Trump on Father’s Loan — Trump claimed his father gave him a ‘very small loan in 1975’ of $1 million, from which he built his real estate company. But Clinton claimed it was $14 million. Clinton was right and Trump was wrong.”
  39. org: “Trump on Trade Deficit — Trump said the U.S. has ‘a trade deficit with all of the countries that we do business with, of almost $800 billion a year.’ Trump has made this claim over and over again, but it’s not true.”
  40. org: “Trump claimed that ‘you don’t learn that much from tax returns.’ But experts disagree. As we’ve written, tax returns could provide information on overseas income, foreign bank accounts, effective tax rates and charitable giving habits. Conflicts of interest could also be exposed, as well as how Trump’s individual tax policy squares with his proposals.”
  41. org: “Trump said that President Bill Clinton ‘approved NAFTA, which is the single worst trade deal ever approved in this country.’ Actually, the North American Free Trade Agreement was negotiated and signed by President George H.W. Bush.”
  42. org: “Trump on ISIS and Oil in Libya — Trump said that ISIS has ‘oil all over the place, including … a lot of the oil in Libya, which was another one of [Clinton’s] disasters.’ That’s wrong.”
  43. org: “Trump on Chicago Murders — Trump claimed that ‘almost 4,000 have been killed [in Chicago] since Barack Obama became president.’  That’s missing context. Like the nation overall, Chicago has seen a drop over the last several decades in the number of homicides, as we wrote in July.”
  44. New York Times: “Donald J. Trump attacked the Federal Reserve on Monday night, telling the millions of people watching the first presidential debate that the nation’s central bank is acting as an arm of the Democratic Party at the expense of the economy. It is an extraordinary accusation, backed by no evidence, that plows across a bipartisan line.”
  45. New York Times: “Mr. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, said that Janet L. Yellen, the Fed’s chairwoman, was ‘doing political things’ by holding interest rates at low levels.” […] This accusation, which Mr. Trump has leveled several times in recent weeks, is roundly rejected by Fed officials — including those who agree it is time to raise interest rates. It is also rejected by a wide range of independent observers.”
  46. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump saying Mrs. Clinton had been ‘fighting ISIS your entire adult life.’ In reality, the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, began as an Al Qaeda affiliate that sprang up in Iraq as the Sunni insurgency amid the power vacuum created by the American invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein’s government in 2003.”
  47. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump saying the Islamic State would never have come into power if the United States had stayed in Iraq. The assertion is impossible to disprove, but it’s unlikely that 10,000 troops remaining in Iraq would have made much of a difference — especially in Syria and Libya, where the United States never had troops.”
  48. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump’s assertion that many NATO countries do not contribute their full share to NATO. […] [H]e was wrongabout NATO failing to fight terrorism. NATO was in Afghanistan starting in 2003 — part of the battle against Al Qaeda.”
  49. New York Times: “ Mr. Trump said he opposed the war in Iraq before it began. But during the buildup to the war, he expressed his support in an interview with Howard Stern, according to audio unearthed by BuzzFeed.”
  50. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump’s claim that the United States is “not updating” its nuclear arsenal and the Iran nuclear deal. Mr. Trump is wrong.”
  51. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump’s claim that Ford is leaving the United States and taking ‘thousands of jobs’ with it. […] [T]he move will not result in job losses in the United States.”
  52. New York Times: “Mr. Trump said that the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, ‘is the worst trade deal’ in American history, and possibly in world history. […] [T]he Congressional Research Service concluded in 2015 that the ‘net overall effect of NAFTA on the U.S. economy appears to have been relatively modest.’”
  53. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump’s claim that ‘we have a trade deficit of almost $800 billion a year,’ blaming trade deals for this. He has the number wrong.”
  54. New York Times: “Mr. Trump said the Federal Reserve is ‘doing political things’ by holding interest rates at a low level. He charged that the Fed would raise rates as soon as Mr. Obama left office. This is a baseless accusation.”
  55. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump’s loan from his father. […] Mr. Trump owed his father and his father’s company about $14 million.”
  56. New York Times: “On Mr. Trump’s claims that murders are up in New York City. Mrs. Clinton said they are down. Mrs. Clinton is correct.”
  57. Politifact: “Trump told Clinton, ‘You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it.” Ruling: “FALSE”
  58. Politifact: “Trump said, ‘NATO is opening up a major terror division. … I’m sure I’m not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO.” Ruling: “FALSE”
  59. Politifact: “Trump says Clinton’s energy agenda ‘will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion.'” Ruling: “FALSE”
  60. Politifact: Trump “[s]ays top Clinton advisers ‘were pressing’ birther movement stories ‘very hard.'” Ruling: “FALSE”
  61. Politifact: Trump: “‘I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that’ climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.’” Ruling: “MOSTLY FALSE”
  62. Politifact: Trump: “‘You will learn more about Donald Trump by going down to the Federal Elections’ to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.” Ruling: “FALSE”
  63. Vox: “Trump touted [stop and frisk’s] effectiveness in reducing murders and other crime in the nation’s most populated city…. [But] stop and frisk didn’t have much, if any, of an effect on crime, despite Trump’s claims.”
  64. Washington Post Fact Checker: “When Hillary Clinton raised a 1973 racial discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department against Trump’s company, Trump dismissed it as a run-of-the-mill action.” Ruling: “Four Pinocchios”
  65. Washington Post Fact Checker:Trump: “On November 1 … new [Obamacare premium] numbers are coming out which will show 40, 50, 60 percent increases. They want to delay it until after the election.” Ruling: “Four Pinocchios”
  66. Washington Post Fact Checker: Trump: “‘Under my plan I will be reducing taxes tremendously.’ […] Trump’s tax plan would raise federal income taxes on more than half of America’s single parents and one-fifth of families with children.”
  67. Washington Post Fact Checker: “Trump cites an Internal Revenue Service audit as his justification for not releasing his federal income tax returns, but the audit does not prohibit from releasing the returns.
  68. Washington Post Fact Checker: Trump: “‘As far as tax return, you don’t learn that much’ from tax returns. […]Trump is being misleading.Tax experts say that tax returns provide insight about a person’s finances in several key areas.”
  69. Washington Post Fact Checker:Trump: “‘In Chicago, they’ve had thousands of shootings. … Stop and frisk worked very well … it brought the crime way down [in New York City].’ […] While Trump says stop-and-frisk policies should be enacted in Chicago as it was implemented in New York City, those policies have not been correlated with crime.”
  70. Washington Post Fact Checker: Trump: “‘I did not support the war in Iraq.’ […] This is just totally false.We have found no evidence of his early opposition to the invasion.”
  71. Washington Post Fact Checker: Trump: “‘In addition, I was just endorsed by ICE.’ […] Trump is actually referring to the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council, which is the union representing ICE officers.”
  72. Washington Post Fact Checker: Trump: “‘President Obama and Secretary Clinton created a vacuum the way they got out of Iraq…’ […] As Clinton noted in her response, the terms of departure from Iraq were set by the George W. Bush administration.”
  73. Washington Post Fact Checker: Trump: “‘I said it to you once, had we taken the oil — and we should have taken the oil — ISIS would not have been able to form either, because the oil was their primary source of income.’ […] Trump has been called out before on this point, but he keeps saying this false claim.“