“Of course, we’ve heard story after story. I mean, all these athletes dropping dead on the field, but we’re supposed to ignore that.”
Ron Johnson
Senator (R-Wis.). in an interview on the Charlie Kirk Show. Claim dated 27 Jan 2022.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
This claim has been repeatedly debunked.
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In short
Ron Johnson (Senator (R-Wis.)) made this claim around 27 January 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 February 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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