“It is the 250th mass shooting [this year]. El Paso is 249. It is unfathomable these things continue to happen all over the country.”
Social media posts
CNN interview. Claim dated 4 Aug 2019.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 August 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 August 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “We Explain the Number”.
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