September 21, 2020 🟡 Significant

Suggests without evidence that Ginsburg's dying wish was written by Schiff, Schumer, or Pelosi

In a Fox & Friends interview three days after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, Trump suggested without evidence that her reported dying wish -- that she not be replaced until a new president was installed, as dictated to her granddaughter -- was fabricated by Democratic leaders. He said, "I don't know if she said that or that was written out by Adam Schiff and Schumer and Pelosi, I'd be more inclined to the second." Adam Schiff publicly denied the claim, and fact-checkers described it as baseless. The remark came amid the administration's push to fill the seat before the election, culminating in the Barrett nomination five days later.

"I don't know if she said that or that was written out by Adam Schiff and Schumer and Pelosi, I'd be more inclined to the second" Quote verified against source