A checked claim
We inherited a broken test
Donald Trump · A statement about COVID-19 testing as president · 2020 · President of the United States
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Pants on Fire
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Not yet researched
Context
The statement was about the federal government's coronavirus testing capacity in the first months of the pandemic.
Topics: COVID-19.
Other claims by Donald Trump
Sources
- The week in fact-checking: Joe Biden's accuser, Trump's Pants on Fire COVID-19 testing claim · PolitiFact · 2020-05-01 · accessed 2026-09-18
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