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“Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.”
Senate Majority PAC Political action committee supporting Democrats. TV ad. Claim dated 13 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

What PolitiFact found

Collins voted against one accountability measure, but for others. She received one campaign donation, of $2,300 in 2007, from one of the Sackler family members.

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In short

Senate Majority PAC (Political action committee supporting Democrats) made this claim around 13 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 August 2020, 32 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

Senate Majority PAC has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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