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Trump’s exaggerated claim that Pennsylvania has 500,000 fracking jobs

“And there’s very few states that benefit like you do from fracking. I mean, you have 500,000 jobs.”

— Former president Donald Trump, remarks at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Sept. 29

“Kamala has said repeatedly, she wants to ban fracking, which would kill over 500,000 jobs in Pennsylvania alone.”

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