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USA Today responds after being slammed for publishing Trump's op-ed riddled with inaccuracies
USA Today is facing harsh criticism for publishing a Wednesday op-ed authored by President Donald Trump and ridddled with inaccuracies in which he attacks Democrats as "radical socialists" and pillories the party's "Medicare-for-All" proposal.
USA Today on Wednesday faced harsh criticism for publishing an op-ed authored by President Donald Trump and riddled with inaccuracies, in which he attacks Democrats as "radical socialists" and pillories the party's "Medicare-for-All" proposal.
In his rare piece one month before the midterm elections, Trump falsely claimed that Democrats' single-payer healthcare plan would strip benefits from seniors and promised that he will protect insurance for Americans with preexisting conditions.
"The truth is that the centrist Democratic Party is dead," Trump wrote. "The new Democrats are radical socialists who want to model America’s economy after Venezuela."
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Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler found that "
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