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What the proof shows

Contemporary reporting and a peer‑reviewed history-of-medicine paper (Deborah Levine, Annals of Internal Medicine) have been widely cited saying Taft was about 354 lb at his 1909 inauguration, which supports the Daily Wire’s phrasing that Taft “weighed over 350 pounds.” However, other historians and a medical researcher who examined Taft’s archived weight records (John G. Sotos, letter in Annals) and long‑standing biographies (e.g., Pringle) report lower peaks (about 335–340 lb) and note substantial day‑to‑day fluctuation. Primary archival records exist but have competing interpretations. So the claim is not clearly wrong, but it omits important context about varying sources, Taft’s weight fluctuations over time, and scholarly dispute over the exact peak figure.