“The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States.”
Pete Buttigieg
Former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Democratic presidential candidate. In the Democratic presidential debate in Nevada.. Claim dated 19 Feb 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
In short
Pete Buttigieg (Former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 19 February 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 February 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Pete Buttigieg has 33 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 17 misleading or mixed and 5 true.
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