The Republican convention is so bad that Donald Trump ignored it and instead called into Fox News to do a live interview with Bill O’Reilly.While the (unhinged, clearly exploited) mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith was speaking live at the Republican convention, Donald Trump showed how much he cared by hijacking his own convention by calling into Fox News.

NBC News fact-checked some of the claims made during the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Here are some of our findings.

CLAIM (Rudy Giuliani): "Hillary Clinton's answer to Congress about the death of these four brave Americans [in Benghazi] because of her failures as Secretary of State was 'what difference at this point does it make?' Watch the video for yourself and see the arrogant disregard for American lives lost unnecessarily. Make up your own mind."

THE FACTS: According to the video of Clinton's congressional testimony, Clinton's "what difference at this point does it make" was over whether the violence in Benghazi was inspired by anti-Islam video or not. "With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they'd they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator."

CLAIM (Darryl Glenn, Colorado Senate candidate): "Neighborhoods have become more dangerous under [Obama's] watch"

THE FACTS: While there is some evidence of an increase in violent crime in some large American cities in the last few years, the national trend shows overall crime going down.From the AP: "According to FBI data, the national violent crime rate last peaked in 1991 at 758 reported violent crimes per 100,000 people. In 2014, the latest year for which full data is available, the rate was 366 per 100,000 people."

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Live At The RNC

Ready? Set? FUNTIMES START NOW!

 7:52 p.m.: A man is doing the Pledge of Allegiance and shouting out UNDER GOD, but you knew that already, as it is the law.

 8:01 p.m.: A black dude is doing some Christian country and I am … digging it? And then a vampire man is singing the Turtles’ “Happy Together” and having to read the lyrics off his music stand. COME ON VAMPIRE MAN. And now a Duck Dynasty man is coming, this is all verrrry what the f*ck.

8:07 p.m.: Willie from Duck Dynasty is talking about disagreements, and how they sometimes turn into fisticuffs. Sounds like somebody’s been hanging with the Palins. .

8:10 p.m.: Here is Chachi, and he is not even calling Hillary Clinton a c*nt! (Yet.) Instead, he is explaining how everyone who is not voting for Trump is a disgusting maggot who uses an Obamaphone. Being an American? “It doesn’t mean getting free stuff. It means sacrificing. Winning. Losing. Failing. Succeeding. And sometimes doing the things you don’t want to do, including the hard work to get where you want to be.” Aw, that’s the spirit, Chonch. The rest of us are disgusting losers and Hillary is a c*nt. Got it.

8:15 p.m.: RICK PERRY SQUEEEE! He is talking about some Navy SEAL who was “a tall drink of water.” Rick Perry, everybody is always saying you are gay (which would be fine if you stopped insisting on being a Republican) so maybe don’t TALK ABOUT TALL DRINKS OF WATER WHAT ARE DUDES.Also, he is saying something about “taking care of our veterans,” because that is a thing that Republicans do /sarcasm.

8:20 p.m.: There is an argument in the chatcave about what is up with Lone Survivor. He is Marcus Luttrell, and he was played by Matt Damon according to people in the chatcave, and he is, like the life of a repo man … intense. We will leave it at HOPE YOU’RE OKAY LONE SURVIVOR.

8:25 p.m.: Here is a lady and she is talking about her son who died at Benghazi and she is sad and that is sad
People in the audience are weeping with her, and it is heartbreaking. I am sorry your son died, Patricia Smith.

“I blame Hillary Clinton!”[Applause]“I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son.” She is mad that Hillary Clinton “blamed it on terrorism” and lied to her and called her a liar. “She looked me squarely in the eye and said it was a video.”

Yes, the attacks all over the world at the same time were about the video. But not that one. I am sorry you are sad. I am sorry the GOP has brought you up on stage for this. My heart weeps for you. I am sad they have brought you here and done this to you. I am sorry for your son..
Chr*st on a cracker!

HI, MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR taking over for a minute. Errbody remember, that all the Benghazi dead were dead a couple hours after the attack started. Marines showed up the next day, so their packing and unpacking of uniforms was kind of beside the point.

Whack-A-Mole metaphor for shooting people in the head gets applause, of course.

This script reading for a Tom Clancy movie is not very good, but at least it beats the mini-feature before it.C’mon, fellas, the delegates can only get so erect, enough with the war porn. Up on the ruff, rounds incoming. Left leg just below the knee almost completely severed off. AND I’m spent.What’s the play-off music for these bros? “Halls of Montezuma?” “Ballad of the Green Berets?”

They really have to be jacking with the schedule; we want Melania!Yeah, fellas, we really appreciate what you did there, but the American People really need to move on to nominating a dictator. You guys take your detailed after-action off-line with the G-3, OK?

8:53 Applause for Qaddafi plus Toyota shoutouts.

8:55 These guys have been going on about five times as long as Chachi, how is that even fair?

8:56 STAND DOWN. Drink!

8:57 Hey, they’re back on script, and sounding completely robotic. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL LEAD WITH STRENGTH AND INTEGRITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT PERSON IS DONALD TRUMP, PAUSE FOR EFFECT, USA! USA! USA!

8:58 To sum up, “As day broke over the minarets, I had a hard boiled egg for breakfast, and it was cold like Hillary’s heart.”

9:00 p.m.: Rebecca again! Sorry I made Major Major Major Major livebloog for FIVE AND A HALF YEARS while the Hilarious Brothers told lies that the Republican Benghazi committee already debunked, oh well. And now it is the Mexicans Will Kill You portion of the program, hooray!

9:02 p.m.: My name is Antonio Sabato Jr., and I came to America the right way … in your pants.

9:06 p.m.: We are halfway through the Million Mexican-Murdered Moms. I am sorry your sons were murdered by “illegals,” in drunk driving collisions, which definitely is never something a normal white person would do. There are no “accidents.” Only Mexicans. You guys, this night is weeeeeird.

9:11 p.m.: Jamiel Shaw’s dad is here to talk about how Jamiel was shot by a ganbanger; Jamiel Shaw went to high school with my son at Los Angeles High. That’s all I got, it was super fucked-up. “Only Trump called me on the phone to see how I was doing.” That’s fair! If Hillary Clinton had called Patricia Smith, maybe Patricia Smith would not want to see her “in stripes.” Who knows, this is all bugf*ck nuts.

9:17 p.m.: Some Texas douche is on, and he would like us to please “end sanctuary cities.” (SEE YA CHICAGO.) Because small government means telling cities what to do. This is kind of a low energy speech. Things should perk up with the next setpiece, a live waterboarding. See you then!

 9:29 p.m.: Batshi* crazy Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke is batsh*t crazy, black, and hates black people. He still sounds a lot smarter and more sane than Donald Trump. And that’s all I have to say about that, because dude’s EXHAUSTING.

9:33 p.m.: Real World Congressman and Real World Congressman Wife Sean Duffy and Lisa Campos-Duffy have a little comedy routine about how their kids aren’t allowed to do Benghazi or lie to the FBI.Guys, would it fucking KILL them to put in a commercial break?

9:45 p.m.: I missed the black guy running for Senate in Colorado but he sounded good? Charming? Youthful? Don’t care, here is Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, who by all readings of Chapter 115 of the US Code maybe is a little bit of a traitor, with the negotiating with foreign enemies and all. BUT BESIDES THAT … Dear Penthouse: Let me tell you a story about an Arkansas farm boy who became a soldier. His name was James Tiberius Kirk. Cotton is saying some words about becoming an “instrument” of the US Army and killing some folks and being generally boring like that and BOO NOBUMMER WHO WANTS TO END A WAR.

To be continued.....

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crazy people....

But the speech....really took center stage...