Lie June 20, 2018 · Remarks · Trade

“You know, solar panels were -- it was dead. They were all coming in from China and putting our companies out of business and not high quality, either. It was not what we want. And we had, I believe, 32 plants and almost every one of them was closed. And now they're starting to open again.”

Said
June 20, 2018
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
11 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 3496)

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