Lie April 9, 2019 · Remarks · Immigration

“Just so you understand, President Obama separated the children. Those cages that were shown -- I think they were very inappropriate -- they were built by President Obama's administration, not by Trump. President Obama had child separation. Take a look. The press knows it. You know it. We all know it. I didn't have -- I'm the one that stopped it. President Obama had child separation.”

Said
April 9, 2019
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
25 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 9859)

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