ADVERTISEMENTPresident Donald Trump continued to peddle the false claim that a Republican senator was in the hospital this week during an interview with “Fox & Friends” that aired Thursday. When asked why he thought his tax reform plan would pass through Congress after the health care bill “went down in the Senate” this week, Trump went on the defense. With one Yes vote in hospital & very positive signs from Alaska and two others (McCain is out), we have the HCare Vote, but not for Friday! September 27, 2017But there’s no evidence a senator was in the hospital this week. “Trump just said on six occasions a senator can’t vote because he is in the hospital,” Josh Dawsey, a reporter for Politico, tweeted Wednesday.

Source: Huffington Post September 28, 2017 13:18 UTC