“The problem isn’t guns and it isn’t COVID either. It’s violent rioting and the Defund the Police movement, both of which were supported, financially and rhetorically, by the Biden admin.”
Jim Banks
Member of the House (R-Ind.). in a tweet. Claim dated 23 Jun 2021.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
Biden supports boosting fundig for police.
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In short
Jim Banks (Member of the House (R-Ind.)) made this claim around 23 June 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 June 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Jim Banks has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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