Lie December 13, 2017 · Remarks · Economy

“First time in many years, wages now are actually starting to go up.”

Said
December 13, 2017
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Economy
Repeated
79 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 1770)

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