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“Kari Lake lost the Arizona governor’s race in 2022 because Maricopa County “machines just happened to be broken” — “only the Republican machines.”
Donald Trump Former President of the United States. Phoenix town hall. Claim dated 6 Jun 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse

What FactCheck.org found

Some printers produced ballots that were too light for on-site tabulators, but the ballots could be counted later. There are no "Republican machines." Voters in Maricopa County can go to any vote center.

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In short

Donald Trump (Former President of the United States) made this claim around 6 June 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 June 2024, 15 days 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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