“During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”
Donald Trump
former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Claim dated 27 Jul 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28, 2020, calling up the Minnesota National Guard to respond to riots.
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In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee) made this claim around 27 July 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 August 2024, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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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