“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”
What PolitiFact found
McEnany sets up a dubious dichotomy. In reality, both presidents maneuvered with difficulty to oppose a pipeline in which they had no official role. In fact, most of the pipeline was built when Trump was president.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kayleigh McEnany (Former Trump press secretary) made this claim around 8 February 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 February 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Kayleigh McEnany has 17 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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