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December 28, 2017

Trump Falsely Claims He Broke Previous Legislative Records
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President Trump has lied about signing more pieces of legislation than
any president in U.S. history, when in fact he's signed fewer pieces of
legislation so far than any president since Dwight Eisenhower, who took
office in 1953. This is Trump, speaking to firefighters in West Palm
Beach, Florida, on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump: "We have more legislation passed, including-the
record was Harry Truman. That's a long time ago. And we broke that
record. So we have a lot done."

That's Trump falsely claiming he has broken previous presidents'
legislative records. In fact, so far he's signed the fewest number of
bills into law in more than 60 years.


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