Fact-check: “Natalie Harp is a bone cancer survivor who only lived because Trump greenlit the right to try an experimental treatment. She went to work for him after recovery.”
Verdict: Partly True (72% confidence)
Harp is a documented bone cancer survivor who publicly credited Trump's Right to Try Act with saving her life, and she did subsequently go to work for Trump — both parts of that core narrative are well-supported. The central problem is the causal claim: reporting by the Washington Post and public health experts established as early as August 2020 that the treatment she received was an already FDA-approved immunotherapy drug used off-label, which would not require and was not covered by the Righ…
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