“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. did hit important milestones in energy independence under Trump. But the U.S. did not end all crude oil imports and cannot do so in the short term, given how U.S. refineries work.
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In short
Mike Pence (former vice president) made this claim around 13 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 August 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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