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The claim

"I was in the United States Senate when 54 senators said let’s do background checks, let’s get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators, it failed because of the filibuster.”

Original publisher’s rating

False

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    Original review: Washington Post. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms.

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