Claim(permalink)
"Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border."`
✓politifact rating: uncertain; published on 2019-01-09
✓politifact rating: uncertain; published on 2019-01-09
Factors
veracity
uncertain
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2019-01-09
Entities
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