“The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.”
What PolitiFact found
He was referring to the State Department’s Palestinian Affairs office, which urged "all sides to refrain from violence and retaliatory attacks." The post was removed, and the White House reiterated its support for Israel
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tim Scott (U.S. Senator, R-S.C.) made this claim around 7 October 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 October 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Tim Scott has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.ph/UKw49
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