“Posts quote House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy as saying, "there are no mass shootings in Japan because there are no video games there.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Aug 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 August 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 August 2019, 15 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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