“We had other administrations, not just the last one, they built up a platform, they built up a test but the test was no good. It didn’t handle large numbers of people.”
Donald Trump
President. in a Fox News town hall. Claim dated 24 Mar 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
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Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 24 March 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 March 2020, 2 days 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.
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