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“The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.”
Donald Trump President of the United States. In a tweet. Claim dated 5 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

Neither the Constitution nor any law gives the vice president the power to reject electoral college results from particular states.

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

In short

Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 5 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 January 2021. 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.

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