“I never called John (McCain) a loser.”
What PolitiFact found
Trump called McCain a loser at a televised event in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2015. After that 2015 event, Trump tweeted out a web post touting the “loser” exchange.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 3 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
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