The latest on President Trump's impeachment

A handful of protesters interrupted President Trump at the beginning of his Ohio rally tonight.

“Go home to Mommy!” Trump said to the crowd as the protesters were taken out. “Thank you security. Do we love law enforcement by the way?

After a protester was loudly booed out of the audience, Trump resumed talking about the military. He repeated one of his most frequent claims, that he has "taken care of our vets with choice."

Facts First: The Veterans Choice bill, a bipartisan initiative led by Sen. Bernie Sanders and the late John McCain, was signed into law by former President Barack Obama in 2014. In 2018, Trump signed the VA Mission Act, which expanded and changed the program.

Trump also made two false claims on the environment at his rally tonight.

He said, "the United States is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world."

Facts First: The US has not just “now” become the world’s top energy producer: it took the top spot in 2012, according to the US government’s Energy Information Administration – under the very Obama administration Trump is accusing of perpetrating a “war” on the industry.

The US became the top producer of crude oil in particular during Trump’s tenure. “The United States has been the world’s top producer of natural gas since 2009, when US natural gas production surpassed that of Russia, and it has been the world’s top producer of petroleum hydrocarbons since 2013, when its production exceeded Saudi Arabia’s,” the Energy Information Administration said.

Trump said that "our air and our water right now is cleaner than it's been in 40 years."

Facts First: By several measures, US air was cleaner under Obama than it has been under Trump.

There were more “unhealthy air days” for sensitive groups in 2018 than in 2016. Additionally, the lowest amount of unhealthy air days – 598 – occurred in 2014 under Obama. You can read more here.

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