“The government must have planned the coronavirus pandemic because the coronavirus relief bill had been introduced three years earlier.”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 26 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The introduction date of the legislation that ultimately became the CARES Act doesn’t signify anything about when the government knew about the coronavirus pandemic. It's a legislative quirk.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 April 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156921524050178&set=a.10153704556055178&type=3
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