Lie March 5, 2020 · Interview · Foreign policy

“And I was always against Iraq -- going into Iraq. I think it was one of the worst -- maybe the worst decision ever made. ”

Said
March 5, 2020
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
27 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18054)

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