“Black Lives Matter is a Marxist movement.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 9 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMuch more to consider than "trained Marxists" quote
What PolitiFact found
Black Lives Matters has grown into a national anti-racism movement broadly supported by Americans, few of whom would identify themselves as Marxist.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 July 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “Much more to consider than "trained Marxists" quote”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/prageru/videos/p.1546545082184475/1546545082184475/?type=2&theat…
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