“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
Kevin McCarthy
House Republican leader. a House floor speech. Claim dated 18 Nov 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
McCarthy is wrong on all three counts: taxes, spending, and debt.
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In short
Kevin McCarthy (House Republican leader) made this claim around 18 November 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 November 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Kevin McCarthy has 34 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 20 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- republicanleader.govhttps://www.republicanleader.gov/leader-kevin-mccarthy-dismantles-democrats-socialist-spe…
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