One year ago today, President Donald Trump took to the White House briefing room and encouraged his top health officials to study the injection of bleach into the human body as a means of fighting Covid

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Former President Trump did not suggest injecting or ingesting bleach to combat COVID-19. This is an often-repeated falsehood which has been addressed. Politico is propagating false information. See PolitiFact's coverage below:

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veracity

MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

conspiracyTheory

antivax conspiracy theory, behaviour and mind control conspiracy theory, suppressed cures conspiracy theory, intentional pandemic conspiracy theory, fake virus conspiracy theory

Political Leaning

left political leaning

Emotion

happiness

Sentiment

positive sentiment

Date published

2021-04-23

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