“Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 13 Nov 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
There is no evidence that Wendy Rittenhouse drove her son to Kenosha, and no evidence that her son was armed when he left their Illinois home for Kenosha.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 November 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 November 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CWOHnouJmup/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=dc2f3216-40ce-43f2-be…
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