“Starting the next day, Dr. [Nancy] Messonnier no longer appeared at public briefings of the White House coronavirus task force. The president and the White House sent a clear message to scientists in the government -- there would be a price for speaking out and speaking up.”
Ron Klain
Biden campaign adviser. Twitter. Claim dated 21 Mar 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
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Ron Klain (Biden campaign adviser) made this claim around 21 March 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 March 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Ron Klain has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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