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“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”
Social media posts Claim dated 20 Feb 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 20 February 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 February 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.

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