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“17 percent of Biden voters would not have voted for the Biden-Harris ticket if they had known about the Biden laptop.”
James Comer Member of Congress (R-Ky.). in a congressional hearing. Claim dated 8 Feb 2023.
Washington Post rated thisTwo Pinocchios

What Washington Post found

The polls was structured with misleading questions

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In short

James Comer (Member of Congress (R-Ky.)) made this claim around 8 February 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 February 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “Two Pinocchios”.

James Comer has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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