“‘In Wisconsin, somebody has to be indefinitely confined in order to vote absentee. In the past there were 20,000 people. This past election there were 120,000.”
Donald Trump
President. in a tweet. Claim dated 24 Nov 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
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In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 24 November 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 November 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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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