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“Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Herschel Walker U.S. Senate candidate, R-Ga.. a tweet. Claim dated 23 Sep 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True

What PolitiFact found

A recent bill signed by Joe Biden allocates $1.5 billion for tree planting, but it an exaggeration to say the bill will raise taxes on middle- and lower-income Americans.

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In short

Herschel Walker (U.S. Senate candidate, R-Ga.) made this claim around 23 September 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 September 2022. Its rating was “Half True”.

Herschel Walker has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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