“Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
What PolitiFact found
The national debt has grown over the decades through both Republican and Democratic actions, including rising by $7.8 trillion under Donald Trump.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rick Scott (Republican senator from Florida) made this claim around 23 September 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 September 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Rick Scott has 28 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 15 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- orlandosentinel.comhttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-commentary/os-op-rick-scott-republicans-won…
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