“Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election.”
Chris Larson
State senator, D-Milwaukee. a Facebook post. Claim dated 23 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Jump in new Wisconsin cases was actually due in large part to an outbreak at Brown County meatpacking plants.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Chris Larson (State senator, D-Milwaukee) made this claim around 23 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 April 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Chris Larson has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
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