“The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.”
Social media posts
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/17/facebook-posts/no-obama-did-not-settle-1-million-islamics-minneso/. Claim dated 8 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The claim was made during debate about defunding the police in Minneapolis in the wake of the death of George Floyd. 6,320 refugees from Somalia, which is nearly 100% Muslim, were resettled in Minnesota under Obama.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2020, 9 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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