More fact checkers should hit Democratic 'lie' that GOP defunded the police: Media Research Center

The conservative Media Research Center (MRC) is pushing back on the claim by Democrats that Republicans are the party in support of defunding the police following weeks of attempts to flip the narrative onto the GOP.

Besides a recent article from the Washington Post that gave the Biden White House "Three Pinocchios" for the claim and another critical piece from FactCheck.org, prominent fact-checkers have been silent on such statements. "Here’s an easy test to see whether fact-checking websites can make any claim to be ‘independent’ and nonpartisan in tone. Biden staffers claimed Republicans ‘defunded the police.’ That’s a bald-faced lie," wrote Director of Media Analysis Tim Graham.