“Sen. Ron Johnson voted "against funding for the police, preventing local departments from hiring more officers.”
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund
Super PAC. TV ad. Claim dated 23 Sep 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
The two votes cited were against trillion-dollar spending bills that included a host of measures, well beyond law enforcement funding.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Super PAC) made this claim around 23 September 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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