“I said from the beginning that no American who needs a ventilator would be denied a ventilator and we have kept that promise all over the United States.”
What PolitiFact found
Over 30 states said they're not aware of any COVID-19 patients needing a ventilator and not getting one. Experts said that's due to mitigation efforts to slow the spread, but things could change.
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In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 21 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 April 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “So far, it looks like it”.
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
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-members-coronavir…
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