“The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.”
Mitch McConnell
Senate Republican Leader. Claim dated 19 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The voting rights legislation would not wipe out the role of local officials in administering elections.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mitch McConnell (Senate Republican Leader) made this claim around 19 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 January 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Mitch McConnell has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.