“We have had more people die in America [from gun violence] in my lifetime than in every single war combined.”
Cory Booker
Senator (D-N.J.). in an interview on "The View". Claim dated 30 Oct 2019.
Washington Post rated thisFacile comparison
In short
Cory Booker (Senator (D-N.J.)) made this claim around 30 October 2019. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 November 2019, 8 days later. Its rating was “Facile comparison”.
Cory Booker has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: False“Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence.”
- Washington Post: False“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
- PolitiFact: Pants on Fire“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”