Lie February 20, 2020 · Rally · Trade

“We didn't pay for it [the cost of Trump’s tariffs on China], despite the fact that these guys, they like to say they did, we didn't pay for.”

Said
February 20, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
248 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18404)

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