Lie March 22, 2018 · Interview · Crime

“The other thing we have to do, in terms of the drug problem, is we have to be very tough on sentences. And, you know, a drug dealer will kill sometimes more than 2,000 people. Sometimes much more than that. Ruin families, ruin lives. And they get caught; they'll get 30 days in jail. They get a fine. They won't even get jail. They'll get a year in jail.”

Said
March 22, 2018
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Crime
Repeated
3 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 2921)

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