“Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Jared Moskowitz
U.S. Rep., D-Fla. Claim dated 26 Mar 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Sometimes, Trump deferred to governors; other times, he was more forceful about what he thought they should do about shutdowns or reopenings.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jared Moskowitz (U.S. Rep., D-Fla) made this claim around 26 March 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 April 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Jared Moskowitz has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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