Natalie Harp credits her survival from bone cancer to President Trump's Right to Try policies.
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VINCEAug 18, 2026
The claim is extracted faithfully from the post and concerns what Harp credits, which is documented: she has repeatedly credited Trump's Right to Try Act with saving her life, in a 2019 Liberty University report and her 2020 Republican National Convention speech.
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… For just working her tail off for the United States. These people are disgusting, truly disgusting. Katie Pavlich also points out that Natalie Harp is an American success story for another reason. Ah, she is a bone cancer survivor, and she credits her survival to President Trump because she employed his right to try policies. She tried cutting edge treatment, thanks to the president kicking down the doors to allow that to happen, and she says she's alive today because of it. Katie says she's a young woman who has worked tirelessly at the highest levels in the White House. …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Liberty University reported in 2019 that Harp thanked Trump on stage for giving her lifesaving hope through the Right to Try Act, which she credited for her cancer treatment.[2]
Supports. The Washington Post reported that Harp has repeatedly credited the Right to Try law, pushed by Trump, for saving her life.[3]
Supports. Harp said at the 2020 Republican National Convention that Trump 'did' give her the right to try experimental treatments and that without him she would have died waiting, as quoted in later coverage.[4]
Context. Snopes and the Washington Post report that experts doubt Right to Try caused her outcome, since the drug she received was FDA-approved for off-label use and so not covered by the law. This disputes the causal story, not that she credits Trump.[1][3][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Natalie Harp's cancer survival story: What we knowsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Alumna battling cancer speaks publicly about her gratitude for Right ...liberty.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Natalie Harp said Trump saved her life. Experts doubt that’s true.washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4'Always, Natalie': Who is Natalie Harp, Trump's key aide?midmichigannow.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5No, Trump Didn't Actually Save Natalie Harp's Life - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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