“Over the last two decades, more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active-duty military combined.”
Joe Biden
President. in a speech from the White House. Claim dated 2 Jun 2022.
Washington Post rated thisDepends on how you do the math
What Washington Post found
Biden's numbers add up but could be apples and oranges
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In short
Joe Biden (President) made this claim around 2 June 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 June 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Depends on how you do the math”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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