“States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.”
Rick Scott
Republican senator from Florida. In a statement on his office website. Claim dated 1 Feb 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Most states saw revenues fall under COVID.
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In short
Rick Scott (Republican senator from Florida) made this claim around 1 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 February 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Rick Scott has 28 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 15 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rickscott.senate.govhttps://www.rickscott.senate.gov/sen-rick-scott-democrats-want-use-covid-19-spending-pack…
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