“In the 266 days since we sent this bill, about 25,000 people have died from gun violence in our country, 47 percent of them teenagers or children younger than that.”
Nancy Pelosi
House Speaker (D-Calif.). remarks to reporters. Claim dated 20 Nov 2019.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
In short
Nancy Pelosi (House Speaker (D-Calif.)) made this claim around 20 November 2019. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 December 2019, 27 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Nancy Pelosi has 17 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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