Michelle Obama Fact-Checked by Associated Press Over Kids and ‘Cages’ Remark

Michelle Obama Fact-Checked by Associated Press Over Kids and ‘Cages’ Remark
In this screenshot from the DNC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former First Lady Michelle Obama addresses the virtual convention on Aug. 17, 2020. Handout/DNCC via Getty Images
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The Associated Press news agency fact-checked former first lady Michelle Obama’s Democratic National Convention address after she claimed President Donald Trump was keeping children in “cages” along the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to criticize the president’s immigration policy.

The AP said in its fact check that the former first lady “assailed President Donald Trump on Monday for ripping migrant children from their parents and throwing them into cages, picking up on a frequent and distorted point made widely by Democrats.”
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