“Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 March 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://web.archive.org/web/20200316170817/https://www.instagram.com/p/B9w7O46HJtW/
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