“Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol. … If you didn't know the TV footage was from Jan. 6, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.”
Andrew Clyde
U.S. Rep., R-Ga.. Claim dated 12 May 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Rioters breached the U.S. Capitol by forcibly pushing past barricades and law enforcement. Some rioters attacked police officers and vandalized the Capitol.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Andrew Clyde (U.S. Rep., R-Ga.) made this claim around 12 May 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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