In this week’s video, CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews President Donald Trump’s false claim about fact-checkers.
Issues: Affordable Care Act
Trump Is Wrong About Fact-Checkers
President Trump falsely suggested that fact-checkers didn’t hold then-President Barack Obama accountable for his false promise that if you like your health care plan or your doctor, you can keep them under the Affordable Care Act. We wrote as far back as 2009 that Obama couldn’t make that promise to everyone.
Social Posts Distort Facts of 2013 Shutdown
Trump Stump Speeches: Health Care
Video: Trump’s Medicare Op-Ed
Health Care Spin in Tennessee
Trump Misleads on Preexisting Conditions
The Department of Justice is siding with plaintiffs in a lawsuit that it said, if successful, would end Affordable Care Act protections for those with preexisting conditions. Yet, President Donald Trump claimed that “preexisting conditions are safe” and that he “will always fight for … patients with preexisting conditions.”