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Social Media Posts Misquote Trump on Immigrant Family Separations

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President Donald Trump didn’t say “‘GOOD’ about the kids being separated from the parents” at the southern border during the final presidential debate, as social media posts wrongly claim. He said “go ahead” to the moderator, who was trying to move on to the next topic.


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During the final presidential debate on Oct. 22, President Donald Trump made some false and misleading claims about.

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