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Corky Messner, NH Senate candidate (NH)

“My intent with that foundation is to help young people who are growing up in the inner city or otherwise in difficult circumstances and help them go to college with scholarships. And, you know, we have a process, a committee that looks at applications and makes those selections each year.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The foundation offered a scholarship to only one student over ten years and also gave money to an elite private school.

Checked by Washington Post23 Jul 2020United States
Donald Trump, President

“They do say that [children] don’t transmit very easily, and a lot of people are saying they don’t transmit. They don’t bring it home with them. They don’t catch it easily; they don’t bring it home easily.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: Trump is echoing a claim made by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, which was based on a misinterpretation of the German report that did not apply to conditions in the United States.