“Cited the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project to "push back" at "leftists" who claim that last year's protests were “mostly peaceful.”
What FactCheck.org found
The report Johnson cited found that "more than 93% of all demonstrations connected to the movement" were non-violent. “The senator is taking the overall figures out of context and distorting the report’s key conclusion."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron Johnson (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 16 March 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 March 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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