“Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.”
Common Sense Leadership Fund
A Republican-aligned PAC. In an attack ad.. Claim dated 17 Sep 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The ad implies that the proposal would touch average people, when in fact, it applies to a thin sliver of top income earners with at least $10 million in IRAs.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Common Sense Leadership Fund (A Republican-aligned PAC) made this claim around 17 September 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 September 2021, 12 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/AKF3j88QdqU
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