“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”
Mike Pence
Vice President. Claim dated 7 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Experts say we should not expect future hurricanes to follow the same pattern and climate change can lead to more intense hurricanes.
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In short
Mike Pence (Vice President) made this claim around 7 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 October 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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