“They can cover The White House. They just can’t have a desk there.”

Marco RubioGovernance

CredMeter Fact Check Verdict

Fact Check Performed On September 25, 2026

DISTORTION

On the Tuesday Rubio spoke, the three outlets were still expelled from White House grounds under the Friday ban; a White House court filing that same day defended the expulsion. Access was not restored until Thursday, September 24, after a federal judge ordered hard passes returned.

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