Lie April 14, 2020 · Remarks · Coronavirus
“We have tremendous endorsements [of hydroxychloroquine]. But if it were somebody else other than President Trump that put it forward -- if some other person put it forward, they'd say, ‘Oh, let's go with it.’ You know. What do you have to lose? They've been taking it for 40 years for malaria, which -- by the way, it's an unbelievable malaria pill. Unbelievable lupus pill. … And with -- I heard Lyme disease, too.”
- Said
- April 14, 2020
- Where
- Remarks
- Verdict
- Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
- Topic
- Coronavirus
- Repeated
- 43 times in the Post’s database
- Source
- Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19451)