“As president, I will "reduce the federal employee headcount by 75%.”
Vivek Ramaswamy
GOP presidential candidate. a GOP debate. Claim dated 27 Sep 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisLegal experts are dubious
What PolitiFact found
Experts say cuts of the sort he envisions would need congressional approval and could not be accomplished by presidential action alone.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Vivek Ramaswamy (GOP presidential candidate) made this claim around 27 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Legal experts are dubious”.
Vivek Ramaswamy has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 10 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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