“If you take a look at those five or six tweets [on Jan. 6], you will see very beautiful, very heartwarming statements.”
Donald Trump
Former U.S. president. remarks at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Fla.. Claim dated 8 Feb 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Trump failed for three hours to tell rioters to leave the Capitol
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. president) made this claim around 8 February 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 February 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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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