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5 checks for “Mitch McConnell”

Checked by PolitiFact26 Feb 2021United States Health

Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader

“In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: The bill has about $20 billion directly for vaccines, but as much as $160 billion for direct health impacts of COVID-19. Either is a small slice of the total $1.9 trillion stimulus package.

Checked by FactCheck.org22 Oct 2020United States Health

Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee

“But you know what Mitch McConnell said recently about helping the states and cities [during the pandemic]. He said, quote, ‘Let them go bankrupt.’”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: McConnell said bankruptcy should be a legal option for states facing money woes unrelated to the coronavirus, such as debt due to pension programs.

Checked by FactCheck.org22 May 2020United States Health

Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader

“Democrat Amy McGrath, a U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky, supports abortion “even in the 9th month.”

FactCheck.org rated this: She Supports Current Laws

FactCheck.org says: McGrath has said, "There are ample restrictions on abortions and I am opposed to late term abortions (except when it comes to issues of the life of the mother).”

Checked by The Dispatch Fact Check13 May 2020United States Health

Mitch McConnell

“The Obama Administration left behind no pandemic game plan.”

The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact26 Feb 2020United States Health

Social media posts

“Ninety pounds of cocaine was found on a boat owned by Mitch McConnell's family and that they are “financing his Senate campaigns with their cocaine drug profits.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False