“Sen. Raphael Warnock "allowed COVID relief checks to go to convicted criminals in prison.”
What FactCheck.org found
Two previous COVID-19 relief bills that were enacted in 2020 with overwhelming bipartisan support and signed by Trump also did not block inmates from receiving COVID relief checks.
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In short
Senate Leadership Fund (Republican-aligned super PAC) made this claim around 6 September 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 September 2022, 13 days later. Its rating was “Not the Whole Story”.
Senate Leadership Fund has 6 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG3eQkzuN4Q
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