Scott Olson/Getty ImageClaim:During a Dec. 2, 2023, campaign speech, former President Donald Trump said "We've been waging an all-out war on American democracy." Rating:Rating: FalseContext:Neither the audio recording nor the context of Trump's remark supports the claim that he said "We've been waging an all-out war ON democracy." From that day on our opponents, and we had a lot of opponents, but we've been waging an all-out war in American democracy. Story continuesTo our ears, Trump unambiguously said, "we've been waging all-out war in American democracy" (and CSPAN's transcript reflects the same). We did not hear, nor does the context support the claim that he said, "waging all-out war on American democracy."

Source: Washington Post December 03, 2023 22:15 UTC