video shared on Instagram Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen blaming climate change for her loss in the 2016 presidential election and the death of late financier-turned-sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. .
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Verdict: False
Video has been modified. In the original video shared on YouTube, Clinton spoke about climate change and heatwave deaths at the United Nations' (UN) COP28 climate summit recently held in Dubai.
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“We need to rethink the insurance industry,” Clinton reportedly said during a panel session at the COP28 climate change summit, stressing that low-income countries and workers often struggle to access insurance. did. Reuters. Additionally, Clinton said that everyone, not just low-income workers, will ultimately be affected by climate change and have a harder time affording insurance, the newspaper reported.
“I lost the 2016 election because of climate change,” Clinton appeared to say in an Instagram video that received more than 30,000 likes. “Even Jeffrey Epstein died because of climate change,” she apparently added later.
However, the video has been changed. When Check Your Facts reviewed the video, its authenticity was immediately called into question because the audio did not match Clinton's lip movements.Similarly, we found “Check the facts” There are no reliable reports It suggests that Ms. Clinton had previously made statements blaming climate change for her 2016 election loss and Mr. Epstein's death.
Search for the Clinton Foundation Website Confirmed by former Secretary of State socializing media account It also does not produce the intended utterance. (Related: No, Hillary Clinton didn't call climate change her “killer”)
In the original video, shared on YouTube, Clinton discussed climate change and heat-related deaths at the recent United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Clinton's remarks begin at the 48:05 mark of the video.
“We're seeing climate-related deaths, and we're starting to pay attention, and we're starting to count and record them, and the number one killer by far is extreme heat,” Clinton said in the video. Stated.
“So even last summer, when we have the ability to count and figure out what happened, we recorded 61,000 deaths due to the heat in Europe. From Africa, Asia and Latin America. “We don't have those numbers yet, but we know and can estimate that we can probably measure about 500,000 deaths, the majority of them women and girls, especially pregnant women,” Clinton continued.
At no point in the video does Clinton make any comment that blames climate change for her 2016 election loss or Epstein's death.
Check Your Fact has reached out to Clinton's press office for comment and will update this article accordingly.
