“Says Jan. 6 Capitol riot “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.”
What PolitiFact found
Police stopped only a fraction of the violent protestors Jan. 6, but we still know of guns, knives, explosives and an array of makeshift weapons in and around the Capitol, many used to attack police or force entry.
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In short
Ron Johnson (U.S. Senator, R-Wisconsin) made this claim around 15 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 February 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- iheart.comhttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-the-jay-weber-show-28167130/episode/trumps-defese-team…
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