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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4414727" data-attributes="member: 54375">This was the March 6th FactCheck on his claim. I’ve just excerpted this part of it but it’s worth reading the whole thing to see how much he’s been lying from the very beginning:For starters, health experts say Trump was wrong to refer to the travel restrictions as a “travel ban,” as he did in a telephone <a href="https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-interview-sean-hannity-fox-telephone-march-4-2020" target="_blank">interview</a> on March 4 with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. During a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-fox-news-town-hall-scranton-pa/" target="_blank">town hall </a>on March 5, Trump said he “closed down the borders to China and to other areas that are very badly affected.” That’s not accurate.As Azar explained when he <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-members-presidents-coronavirus-task-force/" target="_blank">announced</a> the travel restrictions on Jan. 31, the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/" target="_blank">policy</a> prohibits non-U.S. citizens, other than the immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, who have traveled to China within the last two weeks from entering the U.S.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4414727, member: 54375"] This was the March 6th FactCheck on his claim. I’ve just excerpted this part of it but it’s worth reading the whole thing to see how much he’s been lying from the very beginning: For starters, health experts say Trump was wrong to refer to the travel restrictions as a “travel ban,” as he did in a telephone [URL='https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-interview-sean-hannity-fox-telephone-march-4-2020']interview[/URL] on March 4 with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. During a [URL='https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-fox-news-town-hall-scranton-pa/']town hall [/URL]on March 5, Trump said he “closed down the borders to China and to other areas that are very badly affected.” That’s not accurate. As Azar explained when he [URL='https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-members-presidents-coronavirus-task-force/']announced[/URL] the travel restrictions on Jan. 31, the [URL='https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/']policy[/URL] prohibits non-U.S. citizens, other than the immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, who have traveled to China within the last two weeks from entering the U.S. [/QUOTE]

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