“During the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, "no Capitol protestors were armed and not a single weapon was found.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 7 Mar 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
A variety of dangerous or deadly weapons, including a handgun, were seized from suspects arrested at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 March 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 March 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=275921087228229&set=a.274043450749326&type=3&thea…
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