“Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 (murders per year). We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.”
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in a press conference. Claim dated 3 Aug 2019.
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This claim spread on social media around 3 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 August 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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