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Joe Biden Says ‘200 Million People Have Died’ of Coronavirus in United States

Joe Biden Says ‘200 Million People Have Died’ of Coronavirus in United States

Matthew McDonald

Joe Biden apparently confused "million" for "thousand" during a speech Sunday, thereby overestimating the number of coronavirus deaths in the United States by a factor of 1,000.

"It's estimated that 200 million people have died – probably by the time I finish this talk," Biden said, his voice rising, during a speech in Philadelphia on Sunday, September 20. (It's at 9:18 of the video.)

Richard Neal Says Massachusetts Likely Won’t Lose Any Congressional Districts Following The 2020 U.S. Census
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Richard Neal Says Massachusetts Likely Won’t Lose Any Congressional Districts Following The 2020 U.S. Census

Tom Joyce

How many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will Massachusetts have after 2020?

Most likely the same number as it does now:  nine. That's what U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield) thinks, at least, according to MassLive.

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