“We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. in a campaign rally. Claim dated 24 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 24 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 October 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly 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
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/mG35pFcds0o?t=2570
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