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“Swabs and reagents are "so easy to get.”
Donald Trump President of the United States. Claim dated 19 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisNot the full story

What PolitiFact found

Government agencies continue to approve and incorporate testing alternatives in an attempt to fix the shortage of testing materials, but states still say they aren’t getting enough to administer large-scale testing.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 19 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 April 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Not the full story”.

Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.

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