“Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.”
What PolitiFact found
The law firm that employs Gideon’s husband received a Paycheck Protection Program loan of between $1 million and $2 million. Gideon attacked Collins over the PPP; some of her points were accurate.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Susan Collins (U.S. senator, R-Maine) made this claim around 1 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 August 2020, 14 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Susan Collins has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&c…
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