“Says Susan Collins “pushed for policies that benefited her husband’s lobbying business.”
Sara Gideon
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Maine. An ad. Claim dated 16 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Two actions taken by Collins, both of which occurred before she married, were general and not targeted to help her future husband’s lobbying firm.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Sara Gideon (Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Maine) made this claim around 16 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 October 2020, 19 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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