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“Joe [Manchin] cracked under pressure. Now he’s supporting Biden’s devastating plan to strip $300 billion from Medicare, leaving West Virginia seniors with even fewer treatments and cures.”
60 Plus Association advocacy group. in an campaign advertisement. Claim dated 9 Jun 2022.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios

What Washington Post found

The ad uses misleading math and an outlier study

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

60 Plus Association (advocacy group) made this claim around 9 June 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.

Where the claim appeared

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