“Taxpayer dollars tare being used o charter planes that move and import thousands of illegal aliens into your states.”
Bill Hagerty
Senator (R-tenn.). in a speech on the Senate floor. Claim dated 23 Mar 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
No taxpayer dollars are used in this program
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bill Hagerty (Senator (R-tenn.)) made this claim around 23 March 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 April 2024, 13 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNDbIQPFmQ
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