“Haley’s plan cuts Social Security benefits for 82% of Americans.”
Donald Trump
former president and 2024 presidential candidate. Claim dated 11 Jan 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The number is wrong. Haley’s plan wouldn’t affect current beneficiaries or Americans anywhere close to retiring, let alone 82% of the U.S. population.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 11 January 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 January 2024, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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