“President Donald Trump was the first to “acknowledge that children are being sold for sex in the U.S.”
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U.S.. Claim dated 27 Feb 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Efforts to stop child sex trafficking in the U.S. have been underway for decades, led by presidents including Joe Biden.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 February 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 March 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/8CYC-QT5M?type=standard
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