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All 78 times Clinton ripped Trump in her DNC address

The GOP nominee actually understated the number of times she invoked his name.

By Nolan D. McCaskill

Donald Trump is known for many things. Understatement is not one of them.

Nevertheless, while bashing Hillary Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention and accusing her of making it all about him, he dramatically undershot the number of times he was mentioned. Ripping a Clinton speech in which she declared him unfit for the presidency, Trump offered a count of the number of times the Democratic nominee invoked his name.

“Crooked Hillary Clinton mentioned me 22 times in her very long and very boring speech,” Trump tweeted. “Many of her statements were lies and fabrications!”

While POLITICO had already fact-checked Clinton’s speech, a POLITICO analysis of Trump’s claim Friday found that the actual count is far higher: Clinton either mentioned Trump — directly by name or with references of “he” and “him” — or alluded to him, his controversial polices or his disposition, at least 78 times, including a line that was still making waves the morning after: “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.”

Here are all 78 references to Trump, direct or otherwise:

Direct mentions of Donald, Trump, he and him

1. Well, we heard Donald Trump's answer last week at his convention.

2. He wants to divide us — from the rest of the world, and from each other.

3. He’s betting that the perils of today's world will blind us to its unlimited promise.

4. He's taken the Republican Party a long way... from “Morning in America” to “Midnight in America.”

5. He wants us to fear the future and fear each other.

6. Well, a great Democratic President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, came up with the perfect rebuke to Trump more than eighty years ago, during a much more perilous time.

7. Those were actually Donald Trump's words in Cleveland.

8. Isn’t he forgetting?

9. He’s forgetting every last one of us.

10. Now, you didn’t hear any of this from Donald Trump at his convention.

11. He spoke for 70-odd minutes — and I do mean odd.

12. And he offered zero solutions. 

13. But we already know he doesn’t believe these things.

14. No wonder he doesn’t like talking about his plans.

15. It’s just not right that Donald Trump can ignore his debts, but students and families can't refinance theirs.

16. But Trump…

17. he's a businessman. 

18. He must know something about the economy.

19. In Atlantic City, 60 miles from here, you’ll find contractors and small businesses who lost everything because Donald Trump refused to pay his bills.

20. People who did the work and needed the money, and didn't get it — not because he couldn't pay them… 

21. but because he wouldn't pay them.

22. That sales pitch he’s making to be your president? 

23. Put your faith in him – and you'll win big? 

24. That’s the same sales pitch he made to all those small businesses. 

25. Then Trump walked away, and left working people holding the bag.

26. He also talks a big game about putting America First. 

27. Please explain to me what part of America First leads him… 

28. to make Trump ties in China, not Colorado.

29. Trump suits in Mexico, not Michigan.

30. Trump furniture in Turkey, not Ohio. 

31. Trump picture frames in India, not Wisconsin.

32. Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again…

33. well, he could start by actually making things in America again.

34. Now Donald Trump says, and this is a quote, “I know more about ISIS than the generals do….”

35. No, Donald, you don't.

36. He thinks… 

37. that he knows more than our military…

38. because he claimed our armed forces are “a disaster.”

39. I know how wrong he is. 

40. Ask yourself: Does Donald Trump have the temperament to be Commander-in-Chief?

41. Donald Trump can't even handle the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign.

42. He loses his cool at the slightest provocation. 

43. When he’s gotten a tough question from a reporter. 

44. When he's challenged in a debate. 

45. When he sees a protestor at a rally.

46. Imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis. 

47. For the past year, many people made the mistake of laughing off Donald Trump's comments… 

48. excusing him as an entertainer just putting on a show.

49. They think he couldn't possibly mean…

50. all the horrible things he says… 

51. like when he called women “pigs.” 

52. Or when he mocks and mimics a reporter with a disability.

53. At first, I admit, I couldn't believe he meant it either.

54. But here's the sad truth: There is no other Donald Trump...This is it.

55. And in the end, it comes down to what Donald Trump doesn't get: that America is great – because America is good.

56. Donald Trump's not offering real change.

57. He's offering empty promises. 

Indirect jabs at Trump, his controversial proposals and rhetoric

58. We will not build a wall.

59. We will not ban a religion.

60. So don't let anyone tell you that our country is weak.

61. Don't let anyone tell you we don't have what it takes.

62. And most of all, don't believe anyone who says: “I alone can fix it.”

63. Americans don't say: “I alone can fix it.”

64. And yes, love trumps hate.

65. It's true... I sweat the details of policy…Because it's not just a detail if it's your kid — if it's your family.

66. It's a big deal. And it should be a big deal to your president.

67. It's wrong to take tax breaks with one hand and give out pink slips with the other.

68. A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.

69. America's strength doesn't come from lashing out.

70. And if we're serious about keeping our country safe, we also can't afford to have a President who's in the pocket of the gun lobby.

71. And we will stand up against mean and divisive rhetoric wherever it comes from.

72. Or said that an American judge couldn't be fair because of his Mexican heritage.

73. Or insults prisoners of war like John McCain — a true hero and patriot who deserves our respect.

74. It was just too hard to fathom – that someone who wants to lead our nation could say those things. Could be like that.

75. None of us can do it alone.

76. So enough with the bigotry and bombast.

77. You have to stand up to bullies.

78. When we do, America will be greater than ever.