Lie September 7, 2018 · Press conference · Economy

“And something really great for our country: Wages up 2.9. Nobody has seen that in a long time. The wage situation is incredible.”

Said
September 7, 2018
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Economy
Repeated
79 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 4811)

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