Lie July 3, 2018 · Remarks · Health care

“I signed into law, just recently, the VA Accountability legislation. And just so you understand, accountability -- you couldn't fire anybody in the VA. They could be sadists. They could be late. They could be bad. They could have lots of problems. They could talk back to you. You couldn't do a thing.”

Said
July 3, 2018
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Health care
Repeated
119 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 4096)

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