“Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.”
Tim Scott
U.S. Senator, R-S.C.. Claim dated 28 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
Democrats and Republicans wrote their own versions of police reform bills in 2020. Neither passed. Lawmakers from both parties are now negotiating legislation.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tim Scott (U.S. Senator, R-S.C.) made this claim around 28 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 April 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Tim Scott has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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