“The rule of law has disintegrated” under President Joe Biden and “crime is rampant.”
Eric Schmitt
U.S. Senator. GOP convention. Claim dated 16 Jul 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
There was a smaller increase in murders and violent crime in Biden’s first year in office. But since then, murders and violent crime have been dropping.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Eric Schmitt (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 16 July 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 July 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqHR-MvMbJI&t=80s
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