“Says Raphael Warnock has "said we need to open up the prisons" and "eliminate cash bail.”
What PolitiFact found
Warnock wants to reduce the prison population, not by simply releasing inmates but through measures such as decriminalizing marijuana. He wants to end cash bail requirements only for nonviolent offenses.
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In short
Kelly Loeffler (U.S. senator, R-Ga.) made this claim around 9 December 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 December 2020, 9 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Kelly Loeffler has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- video.foxnews.comhttps://video.foxnews.com/v/6215026821001#sp=show-clips
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