“Says “Trump is defunding hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico, and laying off of Russia in Europe, to fund his racist border wall.”
Beto O'Rourke
Former Democratic Congressman from Texas. In a tweet.. Claim dated 5 Sep 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisPuerto Rico loses most
In short
Beto O'Rourke (Former Democratic Congressman from Texas) made this claim around 5 September 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 September 2019, 5 days later. Its rating was “Puerto Rico loses most”.
Beto O'Rourke has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
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