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On Sept. 23, 2022, Forbes.com reported exclusively on several remarks made by Bill Gates at the 2022 Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit. According to the story, Gates mentioned that political polarization may bring the future possibility of a hung election and a civil war. The portion of the story relevant to this fact-check claim read as follows: The civil war quote from the Forbes article led to the publishing of a story by Business Insider titled, Bill Gates says political polarization 'may bring it all to an end' and could even lead to a civil war. We also found two popular YouTube videos that discussed the quote, one from actor and producer Russell Brand, and another from podcaster Tim Pool's Timcast IRL. The video titles were, Hang On, Bill Gates Just Predicted WHAT? and Bill Gates Says CIVIL WAR Is Coming, Election Will Be HUNG. As of this writing, we were in the process of attempting to locate a full transcript and potentially a complete video of Gates' answers at the event. A partial video of Gates' appearance was uploaded to the Forbes Facebook page, but did not include the remark in question. We contacted the writer of the Forbes article to ask if notes were available. We also reached out to the company's corporate communications team, the summit's organizers, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This story will be updated if we receive any further information. For further reading, we previously reported on various baseless conspiracy theories associated with Gates, some of which he discussed in the interview. For example, he once tweeted a joke about a conspiracy theory that made a false claim about COVID-19 vaccines and microchip tracking. Another debunked rumor said that he owned a majority of U.S. farmland. Among a number of other strange conspiracy theories, we also reported that, no, Gates never admitted that vaccinations are the best way to depopulate the planet.
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