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“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
West Virginia Republican Party state party. a tweet. Claim dated 23 Aug 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True

What PolitiFact found

In July and August 2022, federal agents seized 4,500 pounds of fentanyl, the vast majority along the southwestern border, compared with 2,800 pounds seized in all of 2019.

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In short

West Virginia Republican Party (state party) made this claim around 23 August 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 October 2022, 41 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.

West Virginia Republican Party has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 1 true.

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