“Quotes Rep. Kevin McCarthy as saying "there are no mass shootings in Japan because there are no video games there.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Aug 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 August 2019, 7 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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