“The pandemic "was awful. Health and economic impacts were tragic. Hardship and heartbreak were everywhere. But presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively, with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the coronavirus.”
Larry Kudlow
National Economic Council director. a Republican convention speech. Claim dated 25 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPandemic not in rear-view mirror
What PolitiFact found
Nationally, the death toll continues to climb. Deaths had passed 170,000 by the time of the convention.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Larry Kudlow (National Economic Council director) made this claim around 25 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pandemic not in rear-view mirror”.
Larry Kudlow has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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