“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”
What PolitiFact found
Federal officers used a chemical agent that meets the government's definition of tear gas. The pepper balls used can do as much damage or more than rubber bullets.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kayleigh McEnany (White House press secretary) made this claim around 3 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 June 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Kayleigh McEnany has 17 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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