“The tremendous success we had in the House of Representatives, and the tremendous success we’ve had so far in the Senate ... it is statistically impossible that the person, me, that led the charge lost.”
What FactCheck.org found
As John McCormack wrote in National Review, “the notion that down-ballot Republicans greatly outperformed President Trump is inaccurate.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 2 December 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 December 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.