Lie March 22, 2020 · Press conference · Coronavirus

“If you look in, let's say, the H1N1 -- you look at that whole -- that was a disaster. That was a tough period of time for our country.”

Said
March 22, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Coronavirus
Repeated
62 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 17709)

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