“If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago.”
Michael Bloomberg
Former New York City mayor. on CBS's "Face the Nation". Claim dated 11 Aug 2019.
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In short
Michael Bloomberg (Former New York City mayor) made this claim around 11 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 August 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Michael Bloomberg has 12 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
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