“Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”
Kari Lake
U.S. Senate candidate, R-Ariz.. a post on X. Claim dated 13 Sep 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The CHANGE Act was the 118th bill, resolution or amendment Gallego co-sponsored, not the first.
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In short
Kari Lake (U.S. Senate candidate, R-Ariz.) made this claim around 13 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 September 2024, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Kari Lake has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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