President Trump has officially dropped his plan to add a citizenship question in the 2020 Census, conceding defeat after a string of court losses.
But in remarks from the Rose Garden on Thursday, Trump also said he was “not backing down.” He ordered his administration to estimate the number of citizens, noncitizens and undocumented residents through other means.
The Census Bureau already was doing what Trump ordered, but the president didn’t mention that and described his move as a new direction. At other points, Trump made contradictory or arguably misleading comments. Here’s a roundup of his claims.
View the complete July 12 article by Salvador Rizzo on The Washington Post website here.