“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”
What PolitiFact found
People who are immunocompromised are prioritized for oral COVID-19 treatments regardless of race. Non-white race and Hispanic ethnicity are part of a long list of risk factors providers should consider.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former President) made this claim around 15 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 January 2022, 12 days 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
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYwJXOItLq0
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