Lie August 24, 2018 · Speech · Trade

“Farmers were down from 15 years. They've been having just a downward spiral.”

Said
August 24, 2018
Where
Speech
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
21 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 4437)

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