“In the state of Georgia, violent crime went up 55% in 2019 to 2020 under Brian Kemp.”
Stacey Abrams
Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia. Fox News Sunday. Claim dated 26 Jun 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The actual increase was about 5%.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Stacey Abrams (Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia) made this claim around 26 June 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 June 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Stacey Abrams has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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