Lie January 8, 2019 · Speech · Immigration

“The wall will also be paid for indirectly by the great new trade deal we have made with Mexico.”

Said
January 8, 2019
Where
Speech
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
47 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 7770)

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