“1 out of every 4 car accidents in the U.S. is caused by texting and driving.”
Tony Evers
Wisconsin governor, Democrat. a tweet. Claim dated 20 Aug 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
Tony Evers (Wisconsin governor, Democrat) made this claim around 20 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 August 2019, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Tony Evers has 23 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 14 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
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