“Josh Riley “supports help not handcuffs” for criminals and supports defunding the police.”
What FactCheck.org found
Riley has said he doesn’t support defunding the police. The quote was an edited version of Riley’s statement. He actually said that “folks having a mental health crisis deserve help not handcuffs."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Congressional Leadership Fund (Facebook post) made this claim around 25 October 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 October 2022. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Congressional Leadership Fund has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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