“Defended his late February statement that the U.S. had "contained" the virus, saying that the novel coronavirus "spread exponentially in ways that virtually no one could have predicted.”
What FactCheck.org found
There were several people who predicted the virus could or would spread to become a pandemic -- including members of Trump's administration.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Larry Kudlow (White House economic adviser) made this claim around 3 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 May 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “There Were Warnings”.
Larry Kudlow has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2005/03/sotu.01.html
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