Fact-check: “44% of American Muslims openly admit they support Muslim terror”
Verdict: Misleading (88% confidence)
The 44% figure is real — a July 2026 Pew Research Center survey found that 44% of Muslim Americans expressed a 'favorable view of Hamas.' But the claim rewrites that finding in two significant ways: it swaps 'favorable view of Hamas' for 'support Muslim terror' (a much broader category that includes ISIS, al-Qaeda, and others), and it adds the phrase 'openly admit,' implying a confession of wrongdoing rather than a survey response. No Pew question or documented source asked American Muslims whe…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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