“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.”
What PolitiFact found
A survey of local election officials by the Brennan Center showed many have faced threats. Government reports show that threats are on the rise against federal court officials and members of Congress.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Amy Klobuchar (U.S. Senator, D-Minn.) made this claim around 30 October 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 November 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Amy Klobuchar has 13 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 8 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
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