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“[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”
Donald Trump President of the United States. in a tweet. Claim dated 25 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire

What PolitiFact found

Lamb’s voting record shows that Trump’s claim is not true. He was one of 15 Democrats in Congress who did not vote for Pelosi in the January 2019 speaker election, instead voting for U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III.

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

In short

Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 25 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 May 2020, 2 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.

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