copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.” (Tammy Baldwin, 2024-01-21)
Evidence (2023-10-02): PHILADELPHIA—In 2022, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health recorded 1,413 unintentional overdose deaths. This is an 11% increase from the previous high of 1,276 in 2021. The Health Department also found that the number of Black and Hispanic individuals dying from drug overdose continues to increase; from 2018 to 2022, the number of overdose fatalities increased 87% and 43% among Black and Hispanic individuals, respectively. This change in the demographics of drug overdose deaths mirrors national trends. More than 80% of the overdose deaths recorded in 2022 involved opioids, virtually always fentanyl. Stimulants, such as cocaine, were detected in more than 70% of overdose deaths. "The 2022 overdose report underscores the urgent need for greater awareness and more tools to fight growing overdose epidemic in Philadelphia and across the U.S.," said Mayor Jim Kenney. "It is no longer accurate to call this an opioid epidemic; it is an overdose epidemic driven by an increasingly contaminated drug supply. The Health Department, Opioid Response Unit, and several other City agencies and partners are working diligently to meet the challenges of this evolving crisis, and we urge every resident to understand the widespread risks and learn about the life-saving resources that are available."
Claim: “Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.” (Tammy Baldwin, 2024-01-21)
Evidence (2024-05-07): "The opioid epidemic deserves our urgent action and attention as we continue to see alarming and concerning rates of opioid misuse and overdose deaths across our state," said Gov. Evers. "Together with partners like Senator Baldwin, who's always working tirelessly to bring critical resources home to Wisconsin, we’ll be able to connect the dots and increase access to treatment and recovery services to prevent and reduce opioid use disorder and overdose deaths and ensure that folks have access to the care and support they need." The State Opioid Response program provides communities and states with resources to increase access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for substance use disorders. In 2022, Senators Baldwin and Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act to give local and Tribal communities resources to better combat the opioid and substance use disorder epidemic. The legislation, signed into law in 2022, improved opioid response grants by providing additional investments in and flexibility for states and Tribal communities. Since 2019, fentanyl overdoses have been the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45, and in 2022, Wisconsin experienced over 1,400 opioid-related deaths. From 2018 to 2023, State Opioid Response grant recipients have reported over 550,000 overdose reversals, approximately 9.8 million naloxone kits and 7 million fentanyl test strips distributed, and 78% of people who received treatment through the opioid response grant reported they did not use illicit drugs at their six-month follow-up.
Claim: “Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.” (Tammy Baldwin, 2024-01-21)
Evidence (2022-11-01): In Wisconsin, the opioid epidemic has presented itself as three distinct waves associated with different opioid drug types. The first wave started in 1999 when opioid overdose deaths began to rise due to the over prescription of opioids (Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 2021). This was followed by the second wave in 2010, marked by a rise in heroin overdose deaths. This shift from the first to the second wave is indicated by an 800% increase in the amount of heroin-overdose related hospital admissions in Wisconsin between 2003 and 2012 (Meiman et. al., 2015). This wave can be characterized as the period when previous prescription opioid users shifted to heroin use and misuse. During this time, the demographic characteristics of heroin users shifted towards Whites and people living in rural areas (Meiman et. al., 2015). 2014 marks the transition period from this second wave to the third and current wave, the synthetic crisis (Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 2021). This wave is largely attributed to the illegal manufacture of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and its analogs, and their inclusion in street heroin (Scholl, 2019).
Claim: “Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.” (Tammy Baldwin, 2024-01-21)
Evidence (2024-02-15): "Thousands of families across Wisconsin have an empty seat at the dinner table because of the opioid and fentanyl epidemic. We can and must do more to save lives and stop the flow of these deadly drugs from coming into our communities," said Senator Baldwin. "I am proud to support the FEND Off Fentanyl Act – commonsense, bipartisan legislation to crack down on the suppliers in China and traffickers in Mexico that are fueling this epidemic. We cannot wait for another record-breaking year of opioid deaths to act, and I urge my colleagues in the House to pass our bill to address this deadly epidemic head on. American lives depend on it." In 2022, Wisconsin experienced over 1,400 opioid-related deaths. Nationwide in 2021, nearly 107,000 Americans died from an overdose, and 65 percent of overdose deaths were caused by fentanyl. In 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl, enough to supply a lethal dose to every American. Given the sharp increase in fentanyl-caused deaths, it is clear that a staggering amount of fentanyl is making its way into our country from the chemical suppliers in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and drug cartels in Mexico.
Claim: “Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.” (Tammy Baldwin, 2024-01-21)
Evidence (2022-04-12): There were 518 deaths among adolescents (2.40 per 100 000 population) in 2010, with rates remaining stable through 2019 with 492 deaths (2.36 per 100 000). Deaths increased to 954 (4.57 per 100 000) in 2020 and to 1146 (5.49 per 100 000) in 2021. Between 2019 and 2020, overdose mortality increased by 94.03% and from 2020 to 2021 by 20.05%. In the overall population, numbers of overdose deaths were higher and rates increased steadily from 2010 (n = 38 329; 12.4 per 100 000) to 2020 (n = 91 799; 27.86 per 100 000) and 2021 (n = 101 954; 31.06 per 100 000). The percent change was 29.48% from 2019 to 2020 and 11.48% from 2020 to 2021 (Table). Among adolescents, fentanyl-involved fatalities increased from 253 (1.21 per 100 000) in 2019 to 680 (3.26 per 100 000) in 2020 and to 884 (4.23 per 100 000) in 2021 (Figure, A). In 2021, fentanyls were identified in 77.14% of adolescent overdose deaths, compared with 13.26% for benzodiazepines, 9.77% for methamphetamine, 7.33% for cocaine, 5.76% for prescription opioids, and 2.27% for heroin.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2020-09-22): The post paraphrases remarks that Romney gave to reporters about Republicans’ decision to block the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016. Romney said what happened to Garland "wasn't unfair because it was consistent with history, it was consistent with precedent." The senator has also said he will consider a new Supreme Court nominee before Election Day. Romney’s remarks did not contain the quote cited in the post.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2024-10-05): - ^ "Merrick B. Garland". United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Retrieved March 16, 2016. [...] - ^ a b Taylor, Tom P. (March 8, 2016). "Garland Brings Centrist Flair to D.C. Circuit With Laissez-Faire Approach to Agency Action". Bloomberg BNA United States Law Week. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016. [...] - ^ Carney, Jordain (July 11, 2024). "House GOP fails to pass effort to fine Garland $10,000 per day". Politico. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2023-11-09): Mitt Romney has made no secret of his disapproval of the far-right takeover of his party. [...] Coppins spoke with the Gazette about Romney’s slow recognition that he wouldn’t be able to turn around the party as he once did companies as a Bain Capital consultant. The interview has been edited for clarity and length. GAZETTE: Romney is known as a very cautious, straightlaced politician. He’s not a salty, mercurial character like the late John McCain, whom the press loved to cover. What sparked your interest in writing about him?
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2001-01-01): Find Merrick Garland on: [...] Born: November 13, 1952 [...] Javascript and RSS feeds
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2023-09-20): House Republicans and Attorney General Merrick Garland clashed Wednesday at a testy hearing. Here are key takeaways: Republicans’ attacks on Garland preview impeachment inquiry: Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, one of the three committee chairs spearheading the impeachment inquiry, accused the Justice Department of not prosecuting Hunter Biden over the tax years when Hunter Biden was on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma. [...] CNN’s Hannah Rabinowitz, Holes Lybrand, Zachary Cohen, Devan Cole, Casey Riddle and Abby Baggini contributed to this report.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2023-11-08): MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: This is On Point. I'm Meghna Chakrabarti. And that passage is from the new book "Romney: A Reckoning," by McKay Coppins. In the spring of 2021, Coppins began meeting with Utah Senator Mitt Romney. And as that passage indicates, it was clear that Romney wanted to, even needed to talk, perhaps even unburden himself. [...] CHAKRABARTI: Your book so clearly lays out why Senator Romney feels that way in this day and age. [...] CHAKRABARTI: Because, of course, we should note that Senator Romney spent quite a few years as governor of the state of Massachusetts.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2023-09-13): Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) began telling his inner circle that he was weighing retirement earlier this year. On Wednesday, he told the rest of the world, saying he would not run for re-election and calling for both Joe Biden and Donald Trump to make way for a "new generation of leaders." [...] And, as it turns out, Romney is as good at brutally calling out two-faced legislators as he is at bearing witness. Here are all the most revelatory—and juiciest—tidbits from the excerpted story of a man who, in his own estimation, became "the turd in the punchbowl" of the Republican Party. [...] Over his four years in the Senate, Romney accrued a special kind of loathing for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). During the Capitol riots, while huddled in the Senate chamber with his colleagues, Romney recalled whirling on Hawley to yell at him that this was his fault.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2017-10-08): Mitt Romney - Born: March 12, 1947 - Occupation: Former Governor of Massachusetts - Cite this Page: Citation
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2022-01-16): Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2022-04-04): Latest Fact-checksMitt Romney Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on April 4, 2022 in a tweet: Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney "are pro-pedophile." Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Utah OFFICIALLY starts RECALL for Mitt Romney." Bloggers stated on November 7, 2020 in a blog post: "Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration." Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2020 in an image: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: "The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong." Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business." Committee to Defend the President stated on January 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black "is Romney’s national security advisor" and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan. [...] Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2020 in an image: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: "The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong."
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2018-06-29): What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now So much has happened in the past two years that many may have forgotten what happened to Merrick Garland in the spring of 2016. [...] So it was safer, in the judgments of spring and summer 2016, to let the Republicans look intransigent and unfair and hope somebody noticed. Perhaps the injustice to Garland would help Democrats win seats in supposedly blue states such as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and even red ones such as Missouri and North Carolina.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2020-09-22): Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he would support a floor vote to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, essentially clinching consideration of President Donald Trump’s nominee this year despite the impending election. [...] Romney said he was merely following the law in making his decision to allow consideration of Trump’s nominee rather than taking a position based on the recent blockade of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, during the 2016 election. Because the opposition party controlled the Senate in 2016, Romney said, Democrats’ arguments about that move being unfair did not weigh on his decision regarding Ginsburg’s replacement. [...] "It wasn’t unfair because it was consistent with history. It was consistent with precedent, it was consistent with the Constitution," Romney told reporters. "That the Merrick Garland decision was unfair, and so therefore it has to be made up by doing something which also wouldn’t make a lot of sense — which is saying to President Trump you can’t get your nominee, either — that just doesn’t follow."
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2020-09-18): The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg less than two months from the presidential election has forced a reexamination of Republicans’ 11-month blockade of Merrick Garland in 2016. [...] "I hope they’re fair," Obama said of Senate Republicans in the Rose Garden as he announced Garland was his choice. "That’s all. I hope they’re fair." Republicans don’t budge as Garland clock ticks
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2024-09-26): On a swampy afternoon this past spring, I met Mitt Romney in his soon-to-be-vacated Senate office. It was strange to see him in person again. For two years, we’d talked almost every week as I worked on a biography that would cement his reputation as a Republican apostate. Since the book’s publication last year, we’d kept in sporadic touch—mostly through texts, the senator’s preferred medium for venting about politics—but we hadn’t spoken in much depth. [...] As our conversation in the spring wound down, I decided to ask Romney a question I’d somehow neglected to bring up in our dozens of interviews before: What—if anything—gave him hope about the future? [...] When Romney announced his retirement last year, he framed the decision as a move to make room for "a new generation of leaders." At the time, I didn’t pay much attention to this notion. It seemed like a savvy bit of rhetoric aimed as much at dinging the two geriatric presidential contenders at the time as it was at explaining his own thinking.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2020-09-22): Romney said what happened to Garland "wasn't unfair because it was consistent with history, it was consistent with precedent." The senator has also said he will consider a new Supreme Court nominee before Election Day. [...] "The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong," says a quote attributed to Romney in the post. [...] "I wasn't there. I think there's some perception on the part of some writers and others that gee, what happened with Merrick Garland was unfair. I don't agree with that. I don't know whether you think it was a good decision or not but it wasn't unfair because it was consistent with history, it was consistent with precedent. It was consistent with the Constitution. So the idea that the Merrick Garland decision was unfair and therefore it has to be made up by doing something, which also wouldn't make a lot of sense — which is saying to President Trump, ‘You can't get your nominee either’ — that just doesn't follow for me.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2024-07-06): Anyone with eyes to see or ears to hear can CLEARLY SEE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH BIDEN. [...] Are you still standing behind that statement or would you like to take this moment to walk that back? [...] This is probably a fever dream, but is it crazy-town to suggest that Mitt Romney run as an Independent or Democrat ? He would help bridge the great divide, get a lot of Republican and Maga votes (yes, they are not the same thing, by a long shot), and since the overwhelming imperative for the vast majority of Democrats is to prevent a wanna-be dictator from destroying yet another 4 years, plus whatever he can tag onto his reign with his children or appointees. Probably crazy-town, but that’s where we are now.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2016-08-01): Even as we remember what makes us unique, Americans and Canadians, we see ourselves in each other. We're guided by the same values, including our conviction that the blessings we cherish as free people are not gifts to be taken for granted, but are precious freedoms that have to be defended anew by every generation. Americans and Canadians--our brave men and women in uniform--have paid the price together across a century of sacrifice, from the poppy fields of Flanders to the rugged mountains of Afghanistan. As NATO allies, we stand united against terrorism and for the rights of nations like Ukraine to determine their own destiny. As leaders at the United Nations, we stand up for peace and security and the human rights of all people. [...] Laughter ] But we made up. [ [...] Ultimately, we made up and ended up spilling blood on the battlefield together, side by side, against fascism and against tyranny, for freedom and for democracy. And from the ashes of war, we led the charge to create the institutions and initiatives that sustained a prosperous peace: NATO, Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, the EU. The joint efforts and sacrifices of previous generations of Americans and Brits are a big part of why we've known decades of relative peace and prosperity in Europe, and that, in turn, has helped to spread peace and prosperity around the world.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2024-02-17): This article first appeared in Power Mad, a weekly TNR newsletter authored by deputy editor Jason Linkins. Sign up here.
Claim: Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.” (Instagram posts, 2020-09-22)
Evidence (2023-12-12): Justices "Will Pay the Price" for "Awful Decisions", N.Y. Times (Mar. 4, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/roberts-schumer-supreme-court.html. [...] [143]. See supra note 43 and accompanying text. [...] [163]. Jack Goldsmith, Prosecute Trump? Put Yourself in Merrick Garland’s Shoes., N.Y. Times (June 20, 2022), https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/opinion/trump-merrick-garland-january-6-committee.html.