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“Detroit "was nearly destroyed because of awful trade policy.”
Bernie Sanders Claim dated 29 Jul 2019.
The New York Times rated thisThis is exaggerated.

In short

Bernie Sanders made this claim around 29 July 2019. The New York Times (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 July 2019. Its rating was “This is exaggerated.”.

Bernie Sanders has 49 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 35 misleading or mixed and 4 true.

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