“Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 9 Feb 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Trump didn't leave a fund for farmers. Biden’s nominee for agriculture secretary says Biden would use the fund, in part, to pursue climate change goals by paying incentives to farmers for sustainable farming practices.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 February 2021, 9 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/O1pre
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