Lie April 16, 2020 · Press conference · Economy

“We took the greatest economy in the history of the world, and we closed it in order to win this war. And we're in the process of winning it now.”

Said
April 16, 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 19216)

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