“Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”
What PolitiFact found
Schumer’s description of Tuberville’s intent is overly broad. It's about abortion, but does not seek to overturn all reproductive care.
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In short
Chuck Schumer (Senate Majority Leader) made this claim around 28 March 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2023, 37 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Chuck Schumer has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 6 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- democrats.senate.govhttps://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remark…
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