“Fewer people get hurt playing rugby” than American football.”
What PolitiFact found
Much of the relevant academic research suggests that rugby results in higher rates of overall injuries and concussions than American football does — often two to three times higher.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 14 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 April 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/04/13/remarks-by-president…
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