Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 Facebook post

“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”

By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 3, 2024 a newsletter for constituents

“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”

By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier • February 20, 2024

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 21, 2024 X, formerly Twitter

“Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.”

By Laura Schulte • February 6, 2024

Nikki Haley
stated on December 14, 2023 a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire

“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”

By Grace Abels • December 19, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on December 12, 2023 a CNN town hall

Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.

By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on November 11, 2023 a rally in New Hampshire

New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state."

By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2023 a video shared on Instagram

“New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”

By Madison Czopek • November 3, 2023

Rick Scott
stated on October 31, 2023 an X post

Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.

By Sara Swann • October 31, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on September 27, 2023 Facebook posts

Justin Trudeau’s plane was filled with cocaine when he landed in India for the G20 summit.

By Maria Briceño • October 11, 2023

Mike Gallagher
stated on June 27, 2023 Interview

China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”

By Sophia Voight • October 6, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2023 a Facebook post

Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.

July 21, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on July 11, 2023 an Instagram post

Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.”

July 13, 2023

TikTok posts
stated on July 9, 2023 a TikTok

The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House.

By Sara Swann • July 13, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on June 5, 2023 an Instagram post

“Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 9, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2023 a Facebook post

The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world."

June 1, 2023

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2023 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”

"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."

By Michelle Andrews • May 18, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2023 a Facebook post

“When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.”

By Sara Swann • April 28, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on April 21, 2023 una publicación en Facebook

Este video enseña “las primera palabras” de Gustavo Petro junto a Joe Biden.

By Maria Briceño • April 27, 2023

Paul Tonko
stated on March 20, 2023 a press release

“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”

By Conor Amendola • April 26, 2023

Greg Abbott
stated on April 5, 2023 a tweet

“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”

By Aarón Torres • April 24, 2023

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