“Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding.”
What PolitiFact found
Warnock used the word “thugs” in a 2015 sermon. He was specifically referring to police in Ferguson, Missouri, not police generally. And as a senator, he voted for multiple bills that expanded police resources.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Herschel Walker (U.S. Senate candidate, R-Ga.) made this claim around 28 September 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 September 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Herschel Walker has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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