Lie July 18, 2020 · Rally · Environment

“They want to mandate net-zero carbon emissions overall. That would make it impossible economically for people to live in our country. Your electrical costs and your utility costs would go up, maybe 8 times or 9 times more expensive, ridiculous.”

Said
July 18, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Environment
Repeated
141 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 21466)

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