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“We eliminated Obamacare's horrible and very unfair individual mandate, which basically knocked out Obamacare. We knocked out Obamacare.”
Donald Trump president. a speech at the Republican convention. Claim dated 24 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMost of law still stands

What PolitiFact found

Trump did sign legislation to eliminate the requirement that Americans have health insurance or pay a tax penalty, but eliminating this requirement did not get rid of Obamacare.

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In short

Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 24 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Most of law still stands”.

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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