“Says the Democratic Party "took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it" and "eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 13 Jul 2018.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 July 2018. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 January 2020, 565 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216737719854589&set=a.3097966927363&type=3&thea…
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