“Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state capitol floor.”
What PolitiFact found
The video doesn’t show unauthorized protesters on the House floor. It shows three Democratic legislators who took over the lectern and led chants echoed by protesters who had gathered in the public viewing galleries.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Laura Ingraham (Fox News host) made this claim around 31 March 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 April 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Laura Ingraham has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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