Lie August 11, 2020 · Interview · Environment

“If they went with the so-called Green New Deal, you're talking about a -- catastrophic for the country. You would probably have to close 20 to 25 percent of your businesses even to qualify. And they wouldn't function properly, because we don't have that kind of energy. It's crazy. This can't -- they can't power our massive -- we have these massive plants, some of which and many of which are being built under me.”

Said
August 11, 2020
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Environment
Repeated
61 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 20867)

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