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“The Paris Climate Agreement is “bad for America,” because it "does nothing to hold real polluters, like Communist China and India, accountable.”
Rick Scott Republican senator from Florida. In a statement given to the press.. Claim dated 20 Jan 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

What PolitiFact found

The Paris agreement relies on public reporting, and lacks enforcement teeth, but the same rules apply equally to every country.

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In short

Rick Scott (Republican senator from Florida) made this claim around 20 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 January 2021, 6 days 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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