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“Says President Donald Trump is “morbidly obese.”
Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. interview on CNN. Claim dated 19 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

Donald Trump does not fit the CDC’s description of “severely obese.” Stories have questioned both Trump’s height and weight, but it’s still extremely unlikely he would be classified as morbidly or severely obese.

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In short

Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) made this claim around 19 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 May 2020. Its rating was “False”.

Nancy Pelosi has 17 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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