“We are a nation that no longer has a free and fair press. Fake news is about all you get. We are a nation where free speech is no longer allowed.”
Donald Trump
former U.S. president. in a video. Claim dated 9 Aug 2022.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Trump posted this video on his new platform, Truth Social — showing free speech is still alive and well.
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In short
Donald Trump (former U.S. president) made this claim around 9 August 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 August 2022, 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
- wapo.sthttps://wapo.st/3Ac0RWT
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