Lie April 30, 2020 · Remarks · Coronavirus

“We had a ventilator problem that was caused by the fact that we weren't left ventilators by a previous administration. The cupboards were bare, as I say often.”

Said
April 30, 2020
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Coronavirus
Repeated
26 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18720)

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