“Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
U.S. Rep., D-Fla.. Claim dated 17 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
While Gimenez was a county commissioner about a decade ago, he had a car allowance for a Mercedes-Benz. When he became mayor he took over the lease personally.
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In short
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (U.S. Rep., D-Fla.) made this claim around 17 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 September 2020, 13 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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