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Paid Protesters in U.S. Demonstrations

The claim that protesters at major U.S. demonstrations were paid, and the fact-checking efforts to verify this claim.

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Jan 17, 2026
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How have political leaders’ claims about “paid agitators” been substantiated or refuted in past protest investigations?

Political leaders’ accusations that protests are driven by “paid agitators” have a long rhetorical history and often function as a delegitimizing trope, but empirical investigations have produced a mi...

Jan 11, 2026

What evidence have fact-checkers published about the prevalence of paid protesters in major U.S. demonstrations?

Fact-checkers who have investigated claims that protesters at major U.S. demonstrations were “paid” find patchy, often anecdotal evidence at best and frequent misattribution or exaggeration at worst: ...