“That’s why they are allowing these people to come in — people that don’t speak our language — they are signing them up to vote.”
What PolitiFact found
Citizenship is a requirement to vote in federal elections. The process for immigrants to become citizens takes years.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 5 January 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 January 2024, 7 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
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