“The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.”
Americans for Prosperity Action
Conservative activist group. a Meta ad. Claim dated 4 Sep 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The inflation rate has fallen by more than two-thirds since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed in August 2022. The law was likely not the reason for inflation's easing, but it's wrong to say it made inflation worse.
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In short
Americans for Prosperity Action (Conservative activist group) made this claim around 4 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 October 2024, 28 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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