“Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
Mark Kelly
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. in a debate. Claim dated 6 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Resolutions McSally voted on did not explicitly ask whether to divert money from Fort Huachuca to construction of a border wall; but allowing Trump’s declaration to persist did have that effect.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mark Kelly (Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate) made this claim around 6 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 October 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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