“One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.”
What PolitiFact found
Harris’ statistic came from a Kaiser Family Foundation survey conducted in March. The poll found that 19% of U.S. adults have a family member who was killed by a gun, including by suicide.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kamala Harris (Vice President) made this claim around 14 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 April 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/04/14/remarks-by-vice-pres…
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