“Says America’s most violent cities are that way because of their Democratic politics”
Social media posts
a Facebook post. Claim dated 16 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Yes, cities are generally more violent, and they skew Democratic, but that’s correlation -- not causation.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 June 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157793256152961&set=a.10153967862857961&type=3&…
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