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Checked by PolitiFact12 Oct 2020United States
Nancy Mace, Republican candidate for U.S. House seat in South Carolina

“Says Joe Cunningham voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds to go into his and other politicians’ campaigns to pay for personal expenses and TV ads.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: The vote was for a bill that would provide, with restrictions, federal matching funds for House and presidential campaigns, with a limit of $5 million per qualified House candidate. The money would not come from taxes.

Mike Pence, Vice President

“The military came into the Oval Office, presented a plan. They said they knew where Kayla [Mueller] was. Baghdadi had held her for 18 months, abused her mercilessly before they killed her. But when Joe Biden was vice president, they hesitated for a month.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The most comprehensive report of the rescue effort says Obama approved the plan on spot in tje Situation Room