“Photo shows Democratic protesters who “stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2018.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Feb 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A popular Facebook photo shows protesters gathered in the Wisconsin Capitol in February 2011 — not the U.S. Capitol in 2018.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 February 2021. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/Av03w
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