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“Democratic candidate for governor Charlie Crist and President Biden "teamed up" to "hire 87,000 new IRS agents to audit the middle class," and Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police.”
Republican Party of Florida Political party. TV ad. Claim dated 24 Aug 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts

What FactCheck.org found

Biden and Crist have said they don’t support calls from some activists to defund the police. A law both men supported provides funding for the IRS to hire tens of thousands of new employees, most in customer service.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Republican Party of Florida (Political party) made this claim around 24 August 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 September 2022, 16 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.

Republican Party of Florida has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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