“Politicians “receive full pay retirement after serving 1 term!”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 13 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Retired lawmakers don’t receive full pay as their pension, and in most cases they won’t be vested after serving just one term in office. Federal law caps pensions at 80% of full salary.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2020, 21 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214248023909521&set=a.10205407455580838&type=3&…
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