“DEMS WANT TO SHUT YOUR CHURCHES DOWN, PERMANENTLY. HOPE YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. VOTE NOW!”
What Washington Post found
Trump suggested people were being arrested at a church service but it was mask protest. He also falsely said Democrats want to close churches.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 7 October 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 October 2020. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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