“Warnock defended Jeremiah Wright’s hatred, then gave him an award for truth-telling. … Warnock celebrated anti-American hatred.”
What Washington Post found
Warnock certainly tried to put Wright’s comments in context. But it’s a stretch to say that he defended hatred or “celebrated anti-American hatred.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kelly Loeffler (Senator (R-Ga.)) made this claim around 12 November 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 December 2020, 21 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
Kelly Loeffler has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/BBRjwxNTr8s
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