“Every drug dealer during his or her life on average will kill 500 people with the drugs they sell, not to mention the destruction of families.”
Donald Trump
former U.S. president. during a speech annoucing a run for the presidency in 2024, Mar-a-Lago Club, Florida. Claim dated 15 Nov 2022.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
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In short
Donald Trump (former U.S. president) made this claim around 15 November 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 November 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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