“My Admin has done more for the Black Community than any President since Abraham Lincoln. Passed Opportunity Zones with @SenatorTimScott, guaranteed funding for HBCU’s, School Choice, passed Criminal Justice Reform, lowest Black unemployment, poverty, and crime rates in history.”
Donald Trump
President. in a tweet. Claim dated 2 Jun 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
Historians universally out Lyndon B. Johnson at the top of the list, after Lincoln, and Trump far below.
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In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 2 June 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 June 2020, 3 days 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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