“Gun violence is the leading cause of death of the children of America — not car accidents, not some form of cancer — gun violence.”
Kamala Harris
U.S. vice president. Remarks during a conversation at the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Claim dated 18 Jan 2024.
Washington Post rated thisInaccurate
What Washington Post found
This is better expressed as children and teens
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kamala Harris (U.S. vice president) made this claim around 18 January 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 February 2024, 20 days later. Its rating was “Inaccurate”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/01/18/remarks-by-vice-pres…
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Mostly True“The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.”