“Thanks to her [Vice President Kamala Harris'] open border, murders are up 81% in Springfield, Ohio.”
What FactCheck.org found
There were nine murders in 2023. That’s an 80% increase from 2021 — but one fewer than the 10 murders in 2020, when Trump was president. There's no evidence that immigrants are responsible for committing murders.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
JD Vance (Republican vice presidential nominee) made this claim around 15 September 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 September 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
JD Vance has 38 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 21 of them false or fake, 16 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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