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Claim: “Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.” (David McKinley, 2021-08-10)
Evidence (2023-08-29): Latest True Fact-checks in West Virginia Mike Oliverio stated on August 29, 2023 in a Facebook post: "A few years back," Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., "was voted the best high school football field in America." Joe Manchin stated on August 26, 2022 in a tweet: West Virginia is poised to "receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state." West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet: "Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021." David Gura stated on October 27, 2021 in a tweet: "FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires." Kathryn Moffett Bradford stated on September 1, 2021 in comments at a WVU faculty meeting: "If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated." David McKinley stated on August 10, 2021 in a tweet: "Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year."
Claim: “Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.” (David McKinley, 2021-08-10)
Evidence (2023-09-12): Many of the counties with the highest fentanyl death rates — in hard-hit states such as West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio — started out with alarmingly high doses of prescription pills per capita, according to a Washington Post analysis of the DEA data and federal death records. [...] Synan, a member of the Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition, recalled that the toll was grim — in one week in 2016, emergency responders dealt with nearly 200 overdoses, in which three people died. That year, 282 people in Hamilton County died of heroin, fentanyl or both. The following year, the number had jumped to 384, with a rate four times higher than the national average, according to CDC data. [...] He cycled in and out of treatment and jail for the next three years. In 2016, Armstrong overdosed on what he thought was heroin. He was out cold for six minutes, saved by CPR from a friend and a shot of the opioid antidote naloxone from paramedics. That was the year he got sober. Armstrong, who now works as an outreach coordinator for the Kathy Ireland Recovery Centers and Wise Path Recovery Centers, survived where many others did not. In 2017, Cabell County had far and away the nation’s highest death rate — 135 out of every 100,000 people — from heroin and fentanyl overdoses, according to The Post’s analysis of CDC data.
Claim: “Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.” (David McKinley, 2021-08-10)
Evidence (2018-12-14): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released 2017 state-level mortality data. Over the last year, drug overdose trends grew more severe and will likely be a major topic of political and policy-making discourse. There were 70,237 total drug overdose deaths and 47,600 opioid overdose deaths in 2017. Total drug overdose and opioid overdose death rates increased 9 percent and 11 percent respectively over the 2016 totals. They have increased 257 percent and 400 percent respectively since 1999, according to CDC data. Fentanyl remains the leading cause of overdose deaths and is disproportionately responsible for the increase in drug overdose rates from 2016. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times stronger than morphine and is often produced and mailed in from China. Fentanyl was found in 40 percent of drug overdose deaths in 2017, up from 30 percent in 2016. Fentanyl or heroin was found in 51 percent of the total drug overdose deaths and 75 percent of opioid overdose deaths in 2017, up from 45 percent and 68 percent respectively in 2016. [...] These phenomena can be mostly attributed to the increased use of black-market opioids. Pennsylvania had the most drug overdose deaths in 2017, at 5,388 (37 percent fentanyl, 78 percent fentanyl for opioid overdose deaths), Ohio had the most opioid overdose deaths at 4,293 (82 percent fentanyl, 69 percent fentanyl for all drug deaths), and West Virginia had both the highest rates of total drug overdose deaths and opioid overdose deaths at 53.6 and 45.9 people per 100,000 respectively.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-07-31): Read our full roundup of former President Donald Trump's July 31 appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention here.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-01-18): Trump told supporters, "We have more liquid gold and wealth under our feet than any other nation. Oil and gas. Well, I just met non-liquid gold. You know where it was? Iowa. It’s called corn! They have– it’s non-liquid."
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-09-30): And there’s a great place, and they have a place, like Tesla and others. They’re fantastic, but they have a place but not for everybody. They don’t go far. They cost more. And they’re made in China mostly because that’s where they have the materials. We have something that’s even better. We have a thing called liquid gold under our feet, and we’re going to use our liquid gold in the form of gasoline for our cars. Oil and gas. We have more liquid gold than any country anywhere in the world. We have more liquid gold, not even close. We have more than anybody. [...] On day one, I will terminate Kamala’s electric vehicle mandate, have to terminate it. And remember, the electric car has a great place, but not for everybody. Okay, not for everybody. No state in America will be permitted to ban gasoline engines. You want gasoline, nice, clean gasoline, we have the best, we have the most. We want to use something that China has that we don’t. It’s crazy, right? They have certain minerals, they have control of what you need for the batteries, and we really don’t, but we will have. A lot of what we have is stopped because of the environment.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-12-19): Likewise, we are a nation where energy costs have reached the highest levels in our history. We are no longer energy independent or energy dominant as we were just a few short years ago. We are a nation that is begging Venezuela and many others for oil. "Please, please, please." Joe Biden says. Yet, we have more liquid gold under our feet than any other country anywhere in the world. We are a nation that just recently heard that Saudi Arabia and Russia will be reducing their oil production while at the same time substantially increasing the price. And we met that threat by announcing that we will no longer be drilling for oil in large areas of Alaska or elsewhere in our country. We are a nation that is consumed by the radical left’s Green New Deal. Yet everyone knows that the Green New Deal is fake and will lead to our destruction.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-09-18): Depends where inflation is. But I would get inflation down because drill, we must. We will be drilling for oil. We are going to become again, energy independent. We are going to reduce our debt because we’re also going to become energy dominant. We were ready to go dominant within a matter of months. We would’ve been making so much money. Saudi Arabia, Russia, there’s no country with more and it’s sweet. It’s the finest. We have the best. We’re taking it from Venezuela. You know what it is? Tar. It’s the worst.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-10-02): Millions of older Americans are struggling with higher prices on gasoline, rent and other essentials. If elected, what will you do to combat high prices?
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-12-22): Why the U.S. Is Pumping More Oil Than Any Other Country in History [...] Here’s something else America is leading the world in: oil production. This year, the United States pumped out more oil than any other country in history, producing millions more barrels than Russia or Saudi Arabia ever have and accounting for almost a fifth of the world’s total oil production. And the Biden administration played a part in making it happen. Raising America’s fossil-fuel output was not part of the president’s original plan. In his first week in office, Biden killed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and placed a moratorium on new leases for oil and gas projects on federal lands (a decision that was later overturned by the courts). But a year into his term, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent global oil prices soaring. From January to June 2022, the price of gasoline rose 49 percent, to a national average of more than $5 a gallon—the highest price in more than a decade. Spiking energy prices pushed already-high inflation even higher, igniting fears of a 1970s-style price spiral. Voters’ views on the economy began plummeting just months before a pivotal midterm election.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-09-25): We have more liquid gold than Russia, and yet we’re buying oil from Venezuela. Why? And it’s not really oil, it’s tar. You have to melt it. And you know where they melt it? Talk about the environment. There’s only one plant in the world that can take care of it because it’s really not good. It’s the worst. Only one. You know where it’s located? Houston, Texas. So in Houston, Texas, they clean this stuff up. And you know where the stuff goes? Right up there. So, if you’re a big believer in the environment, this is not good. But we have the best oil on Earth, and we have the most oil, clean, beautiful stuff, and we have the most. And we’re going to use it. As I say, drill, baby, drill. That’s what we’re going to be doing. Drill, baby, drill.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
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Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-07-19): As for gasoline, the price of crude oil was unusually low when Trump was in office because the coronavirus pandemic flattened economies around the world. After mass vaccination helped reopen many economies, demand increased again. But supply was lacking because oil producers decreased their production levels. [...] This is false. According to the Energy Information Administration, the United States has proven crude oil reserves of 44 billion barrels, which would put the country in 10th place. Venezuela, with 304 billion barrels of oil reserves, is in first place, followed by Saudi Arabia (259 billion), Iran (209 billion), Canada (170 billion) and Iraq (145 billion). The United States ranks fourth in the world in natural gas reserves. [...] Trump claims the United States energy independent because it exported more crude and refined products than it imported. (The United States still relied on other countries for its energy needs.) The situation has not changed under Biden. In 2023, the United States imported about 8.51 million barrels per day of petroleum and exported about 10.15 million barrels per day, according to the Energy Information Administration, making the United States still a net exporter.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-05-11): We’re energy independent, soon to be energy dominant. We were going to be bigger than Russia and Saudi Arabia put together times two. [...] If people are sick and have infectious diseases and lots of other problems, we don’t want them being into our country. We have enough problems right now. We have problems like we’ve never had in the history of our country. Our country– [...] And we have – and when we can’t make a call to question election results, then this country ought to just forget about it.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-09-17): Depends where inflation is. But I would get inflation down, because drill we must. We will be drilling for oil. We are going to become, again, energy independent. We are going to reduce our debt, because we’re also going to become energy dominant. You know, we were ready to go dominant within a matter of months. We would have been making so much money. There’s no country with more — and it’s sweet. It’s the finest. We have the best. You know, we’re taking it from Venezuela. You know what it is? Tar.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-07-31): According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Venezuela ranked first in 2021 with 304 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves, followed by Saudi Arabia, Iran, Canada, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Russia. The U.S. ranked ninth internationally, with 61 billion barrels.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-12-12): A bogus claim every 12 seconds, on average. That’s what a single five-minute clip of former president Donald Trump speaking in Iowa on Dec. 5 yielded. In the clip, from a Fox News "town hall" hosted by Sean Hannity and brought to our attention by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), Trump ludicrously asserts that American oil and natural gas resources — "liquid gold" in the ground — could solve Social Security’s looming fiscal imbalance. That claim comes toward the end of the clip; to get there, a listener must first hear falsehood after falsehood in rapid succession. [...] 1:19 "That debt would be way down right now because we have more than — What people don’t know, we have more liquid gold than any other country in the world by far." [...] 5:00 "We have such incredible wealth under our feet."
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-09-12): And Trump leaned into energy in his New York speech. I’m going to go with my new practice of providing extended quotes, because some readers might not have a good sense of what Trump actually sounds like when talking policy. Here we go: "I will end Kamala Harris’ anti-energy crusade and implement a policy of energy abundance, energy independence, and even energy dominance. We have more liquid gold under our feet than any other country, including Russia and Saudi Arabia will be using it. My plan will cut energy prices in half or more than that within 12 months of taking office. It will be an economic revival of our country like no one has ever seen before. [...] I have no idea what that first paragraph is about. Never mind. Would we really be producing four times as much oil right now if Trump were president, cutting energy prices in half?
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-11-17): Crude oil. Often portrayed as the coagulated thick black liquid that spurts from the ground at oil rigs. Gloppy and unrefined straight from the earth. The oil man's black gold. [...] Gasoline and diesel fuel to power our transport. Heating oil to warm our homes. And other petroleum products such as naphta, waxes, and lubricating oils that ultimately become a part of almost every product we produce and consume. [...] Oil is present in almost every single part of our lives from the transport and production of food, clothing, materials, pharmaceuticals, and the plastics used to make a whole plethora of products. The impact of how drastic this change may be will depend heavily on the rate of decline and the development and adoption of oil alternatives.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2022-01-01): The United States is one of the largest crude oil producing countries About 100 countries produce crude oil. The United States was the top crude oil producing country in 2018 through 2022. U.S. oil refineries obtain crude oil produced in the United States and in other countries. [...] Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a way to produce oil from shale and other tight underground rock layers. Fracking has helped the United States to increase oil production and reduce oil imports a lot in recent years. However, this method has effects on the environment. Fracturing rock uses large amounts of water and may use chemicals that could be harmful to humans and animals. Faulty well construction and improper handling may result in leaks and spills of fracking liquids. In some areas of the country, large amounts of water used for oil production may affect the availability of water for other uses, including for the plants and animals that live in and close to nearby rivers and streams.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Which country consumes the most oil? [...] Who has the most oil in the world? [...] Oil reserves by country below (in millions):
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-08-20): We want tariffs. If somebody wants to come in and take our jobs, if somebody wants to come in and sell us their product that’s made in their country, that’s okay, but they’ve got to pay tariffs. They’ve got to pay a price for that. We’re going to bring down your taxes at levels never seen before. We’re going to pay off debt of our country, because this country owes $35 trillion. But that rapidly can come down. And remember this, we’re sitting on the largest amount of oil and gas. We have, I call it liquid gold. We have more liquid gold than Russia, but we don’t use it. We go out and we buy from other countries at ridiculous prices. We buy now from Venezuela, we buy tar. It’s tar.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2022-12-01): Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, de facto leader of the absolute monarchy, sees no contradiction in this, sources told Grist. Taking measures to combat climate change will ensure that Saudi Arabia both diversifies its economy and remains one of the world’s political power brokers, a position it gained as a direct result of its rich petroleum reserves. Selling more oil, Saudi officials have reasoned, can help facilitate this balancing act. And as fuel prices remain high following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, experts said that the Saudi government is doing what any oil-producing country would do: meeting demand. [...] The discovery of oil radically transformed Saudi Arabia over the course of the 20th century, turning a largely nomadic desert society into a country with sprawling cities and a highly educated workforce. After an American oil company struck liquid gold in Dhahran in 1938, tapping into what would become the largest source of petroleum in the world, the kingdom was rapidly outfitted with pipelines, refineries, and export terminals. Aramco, as the oil venture came to be called, was owned by Texaco and other American oil companies until the Saudi government bought them out in 1980. With its vast oil wealth fully under the control of the ruling family, the House of Saud, the country deepened its ties with the West and secured a powerful spot at the geopolitical table. It’s one they intend to hold onto.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2022-03-21): Former President Trump argued Monday that America is sitting on "liquid gold" when it comes to oil and coal, and slammed President Biden for not using it. [...] The former president told Varney that the U.S. is sitting on top of what he calls "liquid gold" and that makes the country "more than competitive" because China "doesn’t have that; they have to go and buy everything." Trump stressed that the U.S. has so many natural resources "under our feet," but the radical left, which he referred to as the "crazies," make it very difficult to access and use.
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2023-08-13): refined petroleum consumption: 99.845 million bbl/day (2022 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 1.697 trillion barrels (2021 est.)
Claim: “We have more liquid gold — gasoline, oil — under our feet than any other country. More than Saudi Arabia. More than Russia. More than any other country.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-31)
Evidence (2024-09-18): No one believes that the coastal plain of the refuge contains more undiscovered oil than exists in Saudi Arabia. No one believes that the United States has the largest oil reserves in the world. And he is lying about the results of the 2020 election. [...] "What they don’t say is though, I would have been producing four times as much and I took us from third into first place by a lot. But we have more liquid gold under our feet than any other country in the world, including Saudi Arabia, including Russia," said Trump.