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Cedric Richmond

Director of the Office of Public Engagement. 1 claim checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2021. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Cedric Richmond, Director of the Office of Public Engagement

“Republicans are very good at staying on talking points of who says defund the police. But the truth is, they defunded the police. We funded crime intervention and a whole bunch of other things.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: House and Senate Republicans didn’t support the American Rescue Plan Act, but it wasn’t a vote to cut or eliminate federal funding for law enforcement, as the claim may have led viewers to believe.