“In 2016, counties hosting a Trump rally saw a 226% spike in hate crimes.”
Bernie Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate. a Facebook post. Claim dated 5 Aug 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
In short
Bernie Sanders (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 5 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 August 2019, 7 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Bernie Sanders has 49 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 35 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/photos/a.324119347643076/2428359993885657/?type=3&…
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