“Historically, and even in recent history, Democratic and Republican administrations, there have not been sanctions put in place for the leaders of foreign governments where we have diplomatic relations and even where we don’t have diplomatic relations.”
What Washington Post found
The White House Press Secretary originally said the United States "historically" does not sanction the leader of another country. That was wrong. She later updated her statement.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Jen Psaki (White House Press Secretary) made this claim around 28 February 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 March 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Jen Psaki has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2102/28/sotu.01.html
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