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Checked by PolitiFact26 Aug 2020United StatesHealth
Larry Kudlow, National Economic Council director

“The pandemic "was awful. Health and economic impacts were tragic. Hardship and heartbreak were everywhere. But presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively, with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the coronavirus.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pandemic not in rear-view mirror

PolitiFact says: Nationally, the death toll continues to climb. Deaths had passed 170,000 by the time of the convention.

Checked by FactCheck.org25 Aug 2020United States
Donald Trump, President of the United States

“It used to take 17 years, 18 years, 20 years, 21 years … to get approval to build a highway,” but “[w]e have it down to two years now, we’re going to have it down to one.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Federal data show it took a median of 3.83 years in fiscal 2019 for projects yo complete environmental impact statements. That’s the same or a bit longer than it took during the last five years of the Obama admin.