“President Donald Trump was “probably the most protected person on Earth,” because his visitors “must submit to a COVID test” and “people don’t physically get close” to him.”
Steve Cortes
Trump campaign adviser. Fox News Sunday interview. Claim dated 4 Oct 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Experts say the White House testing strategy was insufficient to protect the president, and White House photos show a maskless Trump in close contact with others.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Steve Cortes (Trump campaign adviser) made this claim around 4 October 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 October 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/transcript/dr-inglesby-recent-updates-on-trumps-coronavirus-condi…
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