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Claim that Democrats supported executing infants after birth

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Documented falsehood campaigns and institutional attacks
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Documented public claim and fact-check

Trump characterized Democratic abortion positions as supporting execution after birth. Infanticide was already illegal, and the cited fact-check found that the rhetoric misrepresented the born-alive policy dispute.

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independent-corroboration

Dated sources

  1. — PolitiFact born-alive claim review (Independent fact-check)
  2. — FactCheck.org (Independent reporting)

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Canonical citation

Claim that Democrats supported executing infants after birth. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2019-03-born-alive-execution-claim/

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