“Gretchen Whitmer is handing out $500 a month in cash to anyone who accepts illegal aliens into your homes....And it’s all funded by federal taxpayer dollars distributed by crooked Joe Biden.”
Donald Trump
Former U.S. president. In a Truth Social post. Claim dated 11 Apr 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
This is fiction -- the program is not for illegal immigrants
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. president) made this claim around 11 April 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 April 2024, 18 days later. 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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