“The past debt ceiling paid for everything in the Trump administration, plus seven months of this Biden administration.”
Kevin McCarthy
House Minority Leader (R-Calif.). in a Fox News interview. Claim dated 21 Sep 2021.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios
In short
Kevin McCarthy (House Minority Leader (R-Calif.)) made this claim around 21 September 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 September 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
Kevin McCarthy has 34 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 20 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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