“Atlanta violence: Nearly 60% more murders so far this year.”
Donald Trump
former president and 2024 presidential candidate. Claim dated 4 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisCherry picks time period
What PolitiFact found
Ad wrongly blames Willis for increase in murders early in her tenure and omits that murders rose during the pandemic before she took office.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 4 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 August 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “Cherry picks time period”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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