“[N]uclear is more than 50 percent of our non-carbon causing energy. So people who think that we can get [to carbon-free electricity] without nuclear being part of the blend just aren't looking at the facts.”
Cory Booker
Democratic presidential candidate. CNN. Claim dated 4 Sep 2019.
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In short
Cory Booker (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 4 September 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 November 2019, 58 days later. Its rating was “We Explain the Science”.
Cory Booker has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
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