“In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years.”
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a speech at George Washington University. Claim dated 12 Jul 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 July 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2019, 6 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?461581-1/senator-bernie-sanders-delivers-remarks-democratic…
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