Lie October 25, 2017 · Interview · Immigration

“The drugs pouring into the country have gotten -- and I tell you what, we’ve made a big impact. But still, we need the wall. You know, part of the reason we need the wall is for drugs.”

Said
October 25, 2017
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
102 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 1458)

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  1. Oct 25, 2017 · Remarks“I would love to do a DACA deal, but we have to get something very substantial for it, including the wall, including security, including a strong border. We have to be able to stop drugs from pouring into our nation.”
  2. Oct 26, 2017 · Speech“An astonishing 90 percent of the heroin in America comes from south of the border, where we will be building a wall which will greatly help in this problem. It will have a great impact.”
  3. Nov 1, 2017 · Remarks“This man that came in, or whatever you want to call him, brought in, with him, other people. And he was a point – he was the point of contact, the primary point of contact for — and this is preliminarily — 23 people…
  4. Nov 1, 2017 · Social post“The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based.”
  5. Nov 2, 2017 · Remarks“This program grants visas not on a basis of merit, but simply because applicants are randomly selected in an annual lottery. And the people put in that lottery are not that country's finest.”
  6. Nov 2, 2017 · Interview“Just so you understand, the countries aren't putting their finest in there. They're not putting their best and their greatest and their finest in there.”