Lie September 15, 2020 · Remarks · Environment

“When you let the floors of the forest build up with leaves and build up with broken timber that's dry as a bone, you're causing forest fires. That's a problem. You're causing forest fires.”

Said
September 15, 2020
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Environment
Repeated
29 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 24261)

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