It most certainly does. It demonstrates just how gargantuan these protests were. They resulted in the most costly protest-related property damage in American history.
And no, it is not misinformation. It is an objectively verifiable fact.
If people cannot comprehend the significance of $2 billion, there is not much I can do about that. That is a failure of our educational system, which is an entirely different issue in and of itself.
But downplaying the damage is disingenuous at best and outright pandering at worst.