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Kamala Harris claimed in a tweet on August 23 that “The Amazon creates over 20% of the world’s oxygen”:

Brazil's President Bolsonaro must answer for this devastation. The Amazon creates over 20% of the world's oxygen and is home to one million Indigenous people. Any destruction affects us all. pic.twitter.com/rbdtuHMXJ9 — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 24, 2019

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That is a lie — as we already reported — but here’s FactCheck.org FINALLY getting around to debunking this BS:

The Amazon does not produce 20% of the world’s oxygen, contrary to what politicians say and news orgs have reported. Scientists estimate the percentage is closer to 6% to 9%, and the Amazon ultimately consumes nearly all of that oxygen itself. https://t.co/mjkEX4qPtS — FactCheck.org (@factcheckdotorg) September 3, 2019

Hopefully, they ask her about this tonight at the CNN town hall:

CNN's Climate Crisis Town Hall on Sept. 4: 5p Julián Castro

5:40pm Andrew Yang

6:20pm Kamala Harris

7pm Amy Klobuchar

8pm Joe Biden

8:40pm Bernie Sanders

9:20pm Elizabeth Warren

10pm Pete Buttigieg

10:40pm Beto O'Rourke

11:20pm Cory Booker https://t.co/pV7wYI95bI — David P Gelles (@gelles) August 27, 2019

Tune in tonight!

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