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“Vice President Kamala Harris “even wants to legalize fentanyl.”
Donald Trump former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Claim dated 1 Oct 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

In 2019, Harris marked the yes box on a questionnaire about decriminalizing all drug possession for personal use. But her response was about marijuana. In her 2024 campaign, she has called fentanyl a scourge.

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In short

Donald Trump (former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee) made this claim around 1 October 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 October 2024. Its rating was “False”.

Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.

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