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Cal Cunningham, US Senate Candidate in North Carolina

“Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: McConnell was talking about states in poor shape before the outbreak. Tillis agreed Congress shouldn’t pay for losses unrelated to the outbreak, but not that states should go bankrupt.

Joe Biden, Democratic presidential candidate

“We had over 44, if I'm not mistaken, people from the CDC in China. ... The president brought home the vast majority of them and I think left only four in place.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates

FactCheck.org says: CDC’s staff in China was reduced from approximately 47 people to about 14 under President Donald Trump, according to Reuters story cited by the Biden campaign.

Coalition for the Homeless, advocacy group

“New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: The number of hotel rooms being used for housing homeless New Yorkers is well short of the tens of thousands of rooms needed to house New York City’s homeless population, though the number has risen.