“One criminal Kamala Harris freed in Minneapolis went on to murder a man in St. Paul, Minnesota.”
Tom Emmer
House Majority Whip. Televised speech. Claim dated 16 Jul 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts
What FactCheck.org found
In 2020, Harris encouraged donations to a nonprofit paying bail for people arrested for protesting George Floyd's death. Shawn Tillman, who murdered a man in 2022, was not a protestor she asked the public to hep.
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In short
Tom Emmer (House Majority Whip) made this claim around 16 July 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
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