“Political "violence comes largely from the left.”
What FactCheck.org found
Data shows that politically motivated violence comes from both the left and the right and, until this year, political violence in the U.S. had mostly been driven by right-wing extremism — white supremacy in particular.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. President) made this claim around 21 September 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 October 2025, 11 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rollcall.comhttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-charlie-kirk-memorial-…
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