Lie April 4, 2020 · Press conference · Economy

“We had the greatest economy in the world, and then one day, we were told we got to shut it down, stop it, tell everyone to stay home, because of this horrible virus.”

Said
April 4, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Economy
Repeated
493 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19005)

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