Lie February 25, 2019 · Remarks · Immigration

“But if we had a wall, we'd save a fortune not only on drugs that are being smuggled into the country. And you're talking about billions and billions and billions of dollars' worth of drugs. But we'd save it just on not having to pay military, not having to pay so much on the Border Patrol.”

Said
February 25, 2019
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
102 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 8971)

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