“J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement.”
What PolitiFact found
Vance wants to defund the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a law enforcement agency. Broadly, Vance has not said he wants to defund all police departments.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tim Ryan (U.S. representative, D-Ohio) made this claim around 15 June 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 June 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.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brBDOwKj5jE
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