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GOP debate fact check: What Haley, Ramaswamy, other Republican candidates got wrong

Facts And Fact Checking,2024 Presidential Election,Nikki Haley,Vivek Ramaswamy,Chris Christie,Ron DeSantis,Campaign Rhetoric

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Amid a flurry of attacks in tonight's final GOP presidential debate, many of the candidates' claims were misleading or flat wrong.

Here's what the USA TODAY Fact Check Team found on some of the most noteworthy claims from former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.

β€œThe climate change agenda is a hoax because it has nothing to do with the climate. … 98% reduction in climate disaster-related deaths in the last century. Eight times as many people are going to die of cold temperatures this year than warm ones."

This is inaccurate on multiple counts. 

The hoax claim is wrong: The vast majority of climate scientists (97%) agree that human activity is causing climate change, which in turn has caused an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters. 

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