“The United Nations is telling us that in the years to come there are going to be hundreds of millions of climate refugees causing national security issues all over the world.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Democratic candidate for president. Democratic primary debate. Claim dated 20 Nov 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisU.N. Doesn't Endorse Estimate
In short
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Democratic candidate for president) made this claim around 20 November 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 November 2019, 6 days later. Its rating was “U.N. Doesn't Endorse Estimate”.
Sen. Bernie Sanders has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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- washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/21/transcript-november-democratic-debate/
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