Trump's Inaccurate Anecdote on 'Right to Repair' Cars 13.7%
FactCheck.org - By Robert Farley - 6/12/2026, 12:24 PM
Appeal to Authority 27.1% - Negativity Bias 15.4% - Appeal to Emotion 9.6%
President Donald Trump waded into the contentious “right to repair” your own auto debate, but he recounted a wildly inaccurate anecdote to bolster his support for consumers. According to Trump, in remarks on June 4, “They gave a man seven years in jail, actually, because he fixed his own car.” The following day, at a roundtable on... more