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AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP distort on health care, vote fraud
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trump-gop-distort-on-health-care-vote-fraudWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made a dizzying array of misleading claims about voting fraud and health care Monday as fellow Republicans opened their convention with speeches distorting the agenda of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
Trump falsely asserted that he was the one who ensured that people with preexisting medical problems will be covered by health insurance; actually that was Democratic President Barack Obama. Several speakers accused Biden of proposing to defund police, ban fracking, take over health care and open borders — none of that true.
A look at statements at the Republican National Convention:
Health care
TRUMP: “We protected your preexisting conditions. Very strongly protected preexisting … and you don’t hear that.”
THE FACTS: You don’t hear it because it’s not true.
People with preexisting medical problems have health insurance protections because of President Barack Obama’s health care law, which Trump is trying to dismantle.
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