“To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns.”
Beto O'Rourke
2020 Democratic presidential candidate, former Texas congressman. In an interview. Claim dated 16 Oct 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
Beto O'Rourke (2020 Democratic presidential candidate, former Texas congressman) made this claim around 16 October 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 October 2019, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Beto O'Rourke has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKPD98NmRuE
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