Hakeem Jeffries: Gun Violence the No. 1 Killer of Children

[livingston]

Hakeem Jeffries: Gun Violence the No. 1 Killer of Children​

CLAIM: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) used a Thursday post on X to claim that gun violence is the number one killer of children in America.

VERDICT: False
For example, during a June 2, 2022, prime-time speech, President Joe Biden reacted to the CDC figures by claiming: “Guns are the number one killer of children.” The “children” referenced by Biden include people of voting age, i.e., 18 and 19-year-olds. CDC figures show firearm-related deaths of people ages 0-19 totaled 4,368 in 2020, while motor vehicle deaths for the same age range totaled 4,036.

However, Breitbart News pointed out that if you do a custom search on the CDC website, adjusting the numbers so that you are limiting the category of “children” to the ages 0-17, i.e., individuals that are actually minors, then the data flips. The number of firearm-related deaths for children aged 0-17 was 2,281 in 2020, while the number of motor vehicle deaths for the same ages was 2,503.

Fact Check -- Hakeem Jeffries: Gun Violence the No. 1 Killer of Children

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) used a post on X Thursday to claim that gun violence is the number one killer of children in America.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Bigfoot]

gUn viOLeNcE herp derp

 

[kev74]

I'm pretty sure there are more kids killed by abortion than by guns.

New England Journal of Medicine says the number one cause of children's deaths are car crashes.

It looks like Hakeem is a lying piece of shit.

 

[Zerex]

The number one killer of "children" is minority gang gun violence, drive by shootings and drug sales...............Age 12-18 are being eliminated by Darwins law.............not S&W.

Good old Darwin.

 

[Rocpo]

Hakeem is only serious if he rapped about it

 

[Truebeliever]

The study where he gets the numbers from considered 19 and 18 year olds as children. And the vast majority were gang members

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

C'mon man! Trust the science.

 

[togmaster]

Hakeem is worried about loosing his job.

 

[Deplorable Me]

What's a few lies from a politician to an ignorant constituancy?

 

[Dr. Evil]

Although he is wrong, give it time. The clot shot, not a gun shot will eventually lead the way.

 

[dwa12479]

I cant possibly fathom a world in which a politician would fudge numbers to push an agenda. Inconceivable

 

[pshift]

The #1 killer of children?

 

[CNYJohn]

Problem is
If a lie is repeated enough it becomes the truth.


Let's start one therefore..............
Hakeem Jeffries is a child raping cannibal

 

[tirwin1]

I'm pretty sure there are more kids killed by abortion than by guns.

New England Journal of Medicine says the number one cause of children's deaths are car crashes.

It looks like Hakeem is a lying piece of shit.

Correct. It's not even close.

I wonder why a democrat would not know this.....

 

[Saltwater60]

Hakeem Jeffries: Gun Violence the No. 1 Killer of Children​

CLAIM: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) used a Thursday post on X to claim that gun violence is the number one killer of children in America.

VERDICT: False
For example, during a June 2, 2022, prime-time speech, President Joe Biden reacted to the CDC figures by claiming: “Guns are the number one killer of children.” The “children” referenced by Biden include people of voting age, i.e., 18 and 19-year-olds. CDC figures show firearm-related deaths of people ages 0-19 totaled 4,368 in 2020, while motor vehicle deaths for the same age range totaled 4,036.

However, Breitbart News pointed out that if you do a custom search on the CDC website, adjusting the numbers so that you are limiting the category of “children” to the ages 0-17, i.e., individuals that are actually minors, then the data flips. The number of firearm-related deaths for children aged 0-17 was 2,281 in 2020, while the number of motor vehicle deaths for the same ages was 2,503.

Fact Check -- Hakeem Jeffries: Gun Violence the No. 1 Killer of Children

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) used a post on X Thursday to claim that gun violence is the number one killer of children in America.

www.breitbart.com

But that doesn’t sound so ominous now does it.

 

[kev74]

Democrats are the number one abusers of children.

 

[JaguarJaguarGolf]

I saw that fentanyl was the leading cause of death of children the other day.

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

I thought that misgendering was the number one genocider of children today.

 

[FP1201]

Facts, truths, and credible sources matter not to Democrats with an agenda.