Lie May 19, 2020 · Remarks · Coronavirus

“We had none [no ventilators], essentially. We had very few, and they were obsolete. They were broken.”

Said
May 19, 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 19411)

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