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2024-10-26 19:28:10 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Trump did NOT tell people to inject bleach. When a reporter asked whether cleaning products like bleach would be injected into a person, Trump clarified that they were for sterilizing an area, not injections. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-inject-bleach-covid-19/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/28/joe-biden/biden-exaggerates-trumps-pandemic-comments-about-d/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/11/joe-biden/no-trump-didnt-tell-americans-infected-coronavirus/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/factchecking-bidens-swing-state-stops-in-pennsylvania/#:~:text=First%2C%20Trump%20did,sunlight%20and%20disinfectant https://www.factcheck.org/2024/07/factchecking-bidens-post-debate-tv-interview/#:~:text=Biden%2C%20again%2C%20wrongly%20claimed%20that%20Trump,not%20tell%20Americans%20to%20try%20it%20themselves https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-donald-trump-suggest-people-inject-poison-cure-covid-1619105#:~:text=Trump%20did%20speculatively,be%20through%20injections https://www.wfae.org/politics/2024-04-03/fact-check-did-trump-once-tell-americans-to-inject-bleach-to-fight-covid-19#:~:text=Mostly%20false.%20Trump,bleach%20mostly%20false https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-biden-says-trump-told-americans-to-inject-bleach-to-treat-covid-19/21351899/#:~:text=But%20Trump%20didn%E2%80%99t,it%20Mostly%20False https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/07/13/fact-check-did-trump-tell-people-to-drink-bleach-to-kill-coronavirus/113754708/#:~:text=Biden%20said%20Trump,claim%20Mostly%20False The comments that are being exaggerated. https://www.c-span.org/video/?471458-1/president-trump-coronavirus-task-force-briefing

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• Trump did NOT tell people to inject bleach. When a reporter asked whether cleaning products like bleach would be injected into a person, Trump clarified that they were for sterilizing an area, not injections. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-inject-bleach-covid-19/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/28/joe-biden/biden-exaggerates-trumps-pandemic-comments-about-d/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/11/joe-biden/no-trump-didnt-tell-americans-infected-coronavirus/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/factchecking-bidens-swing-state-stops-in-pennsylvania/#:~:text=First%2C%20Trump%20did,sunlight%20and%20disinfectant https://www.factcheck.org/2024/07/factchecking-bidens-post-debate-tv-interview/#:~:text=Biden%2C%20again%2C%20wrongly%20claimed%20that%20Trump,not%20tell%20Americans%20to%20try%20it%20themselves https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-donald-trump-suggest-people-inject-poison-cure-covid-1619105#:~:text=Trump%20did%20speculatively,be%20through%20injections https://www.wfae.org/politics/2024-04-03/fact-check-did-trump-once-tell-americans-to-inject-bleach-to-fight-covid-19#:~:text=Mostly%20false.%20Trump,bleach%20mostly%20false https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-biden-says-trump-told-americans-to-inject-bleach-to-treat-covid-19/21351899/#:~:text=But%20Trump%20didn%E2%80%99t,it%20Mostly%20False https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/07/13/fact-check-did-trump-tell-people-to-drink-bleach-to-kill-coronavirus/113754708/#:~:text=Biden%20said%20Trump,claim%20Mostly%20False The comments that are being exaggerated. https://www.c-span.org/video/?471458-1/president-trump-coronavirus-task-force-briefing