“Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed.”
Cal Cunningham
US Senate Candidate in North Carolina. A tweet. Claim dated 24 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
McConnell was talking about states in poor shape before the outbreak. Tillis agreed Congress shouldn’t pay for losses unrelated to the outbreak, but not that states should go bankrupt.
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In short
Cal Cunningham (US Senate Candidate in North Carolina) made this claim around 24 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 May 2020, 25 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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