“States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis.”
Andy Biggs
Member of Congress. in a letter. Claim dated 7 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
New York's pension fund does not need and has not asked for a bailout.
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In short
Andy Biggs (Member of Congress) made this claim around 7 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 May 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Andy Biggs has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- thehill.comhttps://thehill.com/homenews/house/496735-house-gop-urge-trump-against-supporting-additio…
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