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Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader

“Sure, it would be nice if the Republicans would join us, but they didn’t. I thought it was a little bit hypocritical of Mitch McConnell to say, ‘Oh, we did it bipartisan.’ Yeah, when Trump was president, Democrats in the minority didn’t block things. We worked to get something done.”

Washington Post rated this: Lacks context

Washington Post says: There are two narratives about what happened.

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.