“One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote.”
Gary Chambers
Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Claim dated 9 Feb 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Chambers’ video omits that his statistic refers to the number of people who have lost voting rights due to felony convictions. His figures are from 2016 and are slightly outdated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Gary Chambers (Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Louisiana) made this claim around 9 February 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 February 2022, 6 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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