{"id":1506645,"date":"2022-06-07T13:35:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506645"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:35:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:35:43","slug":"fact-check-did-rand-paul-tweet-he-had-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-kill-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-rand-paul-tweet-he-had-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-kill-people\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Rand Paul Tweet He Had Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Kill People?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-rand-paul-tweet-he-had-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-kill-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=384639576971164&#038;set=a.235858571849266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid%3D384639576971164%26set%3Da.235858571849266&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1654607928593000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2HnniK1wbH-njJSUEoMb85\">\u00a0shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in which he claims to have evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are \u201charming and killing people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Paul sending such a tweet. A spokesperson for Paul said the senator did not send the tweet.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Paul has vowed to investigate the origins of COVID-19 if the Republicans retake control of the senate and he secures a committee chairmanship, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/sen-rand-paul-investigate-origins-covid-19-84421462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>. He stated last year that he would not get a COVID-19 vaccine, citing that he had natural immunity from a previous infection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/rand-paul-says-he-won-t-get-covid-vaccine-n1268268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/rand-paul-says-he-won-t-get-covid-vaccine-n1268268&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1654617978352000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1NXZSOfqjcwxAowUf7W2Vm\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image shows what appears to be a screen grab of a tweet from Paul\u2019s Twitter account that claims he has evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine kills people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for Justice! I will share irrefutable evidence how and why the COVID-vaccines are harming and killing people,\u201d reads the tweet.\u00a0\u201cPrepare for the Real Storm! I need you to help me- Share this post with everyone you..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. No such tweet appears on Paul\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=COVID%20vaccines%20(from%3ARandPaul)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified Twitter account<\/a> or on ProPublica\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/RandPaul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a> of Paul\u2019s deleted tweets. Likewise, there are no credible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=rand+paul+covid+vaccines+kill&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=821&#038;tbm=nws&#038;ei=lyKeYsmhFruHqtsPhdWnmAQ&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiJycial5n4AhW7g2oFHYXqCUMQ4dUDCA4&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=rand+paul+covid+vaccines+kill&#038;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LW5ld3MQA1CPA1iSB2DWCGgAcAB4AIAB5gKIAYkIkgEHMC4xLjIuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> suggesting the senator had put out a tweet of that nature or had suggested releasing information on the purported dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did not tweet that,\u201d Kelsey Cooper, a spokesperson for Paul, confirmed to Check Your Fact in an email. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/29\/fact-check-musk-trump-dumbass-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Elon Musk Call Donald Trump A \u2018Dumbass\u2019 On Twitter?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states all approved and authorized COVID-19 vaccines are safe and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/expect.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fvaccines%2Fprepare-for-vaccination.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommends<\/a> people who were previously infected with COVID-19 receive a COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in which he claims to have evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are \u201charming and killing people.\u201dVerdict: FalseThere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1506645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1506645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1506645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1506645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}