“People across the country elect their representatives. What we do is, once we set the baseline, we go forward and we decide, Republicans and Democrats, what our priorities (are). It's the exact same thing that every single American family does.”
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. government has taxing and borrowing powers a family doesn't, and they have broader responsibilities. Government budgeting is also vastly more complex.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kevin McCarthy (House Speaker) made this claim around 11 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 May 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “More different than similar”.
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
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw3iViLnJL4
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