“Kyle Rittenhouse used his COVID-19 stimulus check to purchase the AR-15 he used in the fatal Kenosha shooting.”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 20 Nov 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Kyle Rittenhouse said he bought his gun with "$1,200 from the coronavirus Illinois unemployment," which muddles unemployment with the standalone stimulus checks. He apparently used boosted unemployment funds on the AR-15
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 November 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 November 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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