President Trump’s claim that he has done ‘far more than anyone’ for ‘inner cities’

The following article by Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website August 17, 2017:

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“I’ll tell you, we’re spending a lot of money on the inner cities. We’re fixing the inner cities. We’re doing far more than anybody’s done with respect to the inner cities. It’s a priority for me. And it’s very important.”
— President Trump, remarks during a news conference on infrastructure, Aug. 15, 2017

After delivering remarks on an infrastructure plan, President Trump spoke about violence at the Aug. 12 white supremacist rally and counterprotest in Charlottesville, where a woman who was protesting racism was killed. Continue reading “President Trump’s claim that he has done ‘far more than anyone’ for ‘inner cities’”