Lie September 24, 2018 · Interview · Environment

“The electric [system in Puerto Rico] was broken before the storms. They got hit by two storms, not one... It didn't work. They had no electric.”

Said
September 24, 2018
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Environment
Repeated
6 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 5174)

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