Former President Donald Trump's press conference tirade Tuesday was cut short on CNN by an anchor compelled to challenge what he called multiple falsehoods and lies.

Jim Acosta muted Trump amid a lengthy rant delivered at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and turned instead to CNN fact checker Daniel Dale for an analysis.

"We have debunked that so many times," Acosta said of Trump's claim that he won the 2020 presidential election. "That is just an outright lie.

Dale detailed multiple falsehoods Trump had made on the topic of immigration, including the claim that President Joe Biden had named Vice President Kamala Harris to be his border czar.

"She was never named borders czar," Dale said. "She was given a much more limited immigration assignment addressing the so-called root causes of migration in three Central American countries, never put in charge of border security."

Dale called Trump's claim that foreign nations empty prisons into the U.S. as a "fable" and noted the former president has never provided any evidence to corroborate his "tale."

Acosta noted Trump hadn't even managed to pronounce Harris' first name correctly as he falsely accused her of calling him "Hitler," as did his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance in 2016.

"She did not call him Hitler, correct?" Acosta asked.

"Unless i'm missing something dramatic," Dale said, "she did not call him Hitler."

While Harris has said it is appropriate to call Trump a fascist, the Democratic presidential nominee has drawn a firm line she has yet to cross, said Dale.

"She has reached out to average people of all political persuasions while specifically criticizing Trump," said Dale, "not labeling his entire movement or otherwise labeling average Americans."

Acosta closed the segment with thanks to Dale and one last jab at the former president.

"We're not just going to air all of these false claims non-stop without any kind of fact-checking," he told Dale. "So it's important that you were able to do that for us."

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