“In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
What PolitiFact found
The bill has about $20 billion directly for vaccines, but as much as $160 billion for direct health impacts of COVID-19. Either is a small slice of the total $1.9 trillion stimulus package.
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In short
Mitch McConnell (Senate Minority Leader) made this claim around 24 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 February 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Mitch McConnell has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- republicanleader.senate.govhttps://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/remarks/practical-solutions-not-liberal-…
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