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“J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.”
Tim Ryan Ohio Democratic Representative and candidate for U.S. Senate. In a web-based attack ad. Claim dated 10 May 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True

What PolitiFact found

Vance's holdings in the video sharing platform Rumble are worth marginally more due to viewership drawn by RT.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Tim Ryan (Ohio Democratic Representative and candidate for U.S. Senate) made this claim around 10 May 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 May 2022, 15 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.

Tim Ryan has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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