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PolitiFact

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Checked by PolitiFact16 Oct 2020United States
Congressional Leadership Fund, Political action committee supporting Republican House candidates

“Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Robert Powell, was paid roughly $700,000 as the general counsel for companies partly owned by Ihor Kolomoisky. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with legal actions taken against Kolomoisky.

Checked by PolitiFact16 Oct 2020United States
Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee

“Says he didn’t label the Green New Deal a "crucial framework," but instead used that term to describe his own plan, which he said was different from the Green New Deal.”

PolitiFact rated this: Misleading

PolitiFact says: An issue page on Biden’s campaign website does use the term "crucial framework" to describe the Green New Deal. And Biden's timeline for emissions cuts is similar to the one laid out in the Green New Deal.