https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1010250976111005699
Trump repeats his regular lie about the diversity visa lottery, falsely claiming other countries "put their absolute worst in a bin and start drawing people."
Individuals enter themselves in the lottery. The State Department conducts the lottery, not foreign countries.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2018
examples of people who benefitted from the lottery
Hello yes I won the Diversity Lottery. The gov't of my country of birth did not even know I entered, I did not need their clearance and certainly was not encouraged by them. I DID however need the US's clearance, which took time effort money and background checks. FWIW.
— Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir MPH&PhD (@kristjanahronn) June 22, 2018
When @Abdi_Iftin won the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery, he chose June 20, #WorldRefugeeDay, as his birthday. Today he reminds us that "the luckiest people are those who get to be born in free and peaceful countries."https://t.co/dUhw0m9FSt
— Alfred A. Knopf (@AAKnopf) June 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/S0nofaB1tch/status/1010259817640759297
Sad! 