“No presidential candidate has ever lost an election while winning Florida, Ohio and a place called Iowa. First time it’s ever happened.”
What Washington Post found
Richard M. Nixon, a Republican, won Florida, Ohio and Iowa in 1960 — and lost to John F. Kennedy, a Democrat.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president) made this claim around 9 October 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 October 2021, 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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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Pants on Fire“No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.”