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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 04:54 AM Jun 2020

Fact check: Trump's Tulsa rally littered with familiar false claims

West Point ramp
Trump engaged in an extensive discussion of his recent speech at West Point on June 13, and his careful descent down a ramp afterward.

The President explained that the reason he was so careful walking down the ramp was that he was wearing "leather bottom shoes" and worried that he might slip due to the lack of traction.

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VA Choice
The President claimed his administration was responsible for passing VA choice, which provided the Department of Veterans Affairs more resources to improve access for veterans and allow them to seek care from non-VA providers.

Trump later added to the falsehood, saying "for decades and decades they wanted to get it done."

Facts First: The Veterans Choice bill, a bipartisan initiative led by Senators Bernie Sanders and the late John McCain, was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2014. In 2018, Trump signed the VA Mission Act, which expanded and changed the Choice program

CNN
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/21/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-tulsa-rally/index.html

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