Politifact Says Trump Is Right, But Rates His Remark ‘Mostly False’
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Alex Pfeiffer
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8:47 PM 02/26/2017
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Politifact decided to fact-check one of President Donald Trump’s tweets Sunday and found that “the numbers check out.” The fact-checking site then rated the tweet “mostly false.”
“The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama first mo,” Trump tweeted.
The tweet from Trump came after Gateway Pundit reported on the change in the national debt under the two respective presidents and after former Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain brought up the figures on Fox News.
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/26/politifact-says-trump-is-right-but-proceeds-to-rate-his-remark-mostly-false/#ixzz4ZtzdCDiN
