“Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.”
What PolitiFact found
Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. were rising before Joe Biden took office but have increased during his administration. But there’s no evidence the border is "wide open" under Biden.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kayleigh McEnany (Fox News contributor) made this claim around 7 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 February 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Kayleigh McEnany has 17 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/KayleighMcEnany7/posts/pfbid034Sd4mQKWrmbvnPQ5Wo53RaL7uuuNXkJ23b…
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