“The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
Rick Scott
Republican senator from Florida. During an interview on CBS News' This Morning.. Claim dated 1 Mar 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The Trump administration backed both projects well before they became part of the latest relief bill.
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In short
Rick Scott (Republican senator from Florida) made this claim around 1 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 March 2021, 1 day 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.
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