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13 October
5:39 pm

Donald Trump said only poor dumb people support opposing data centers

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Kathy Hochul, at New York Governor General Election Debate (Spectrum News)

5:39 pm
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Why we checked itHochul attributes a specific disparaging quote to Donald Trump about opponents of data centers — verifiable whether Trump made such a statement
What we foundTrump did make negative remarks about data center opponents, but his actual words were 'backwards and poor' — not 'poor dumb people' — and the claim involves an inaccurate paraphrase of his statement.
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