“There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.”
What PolitiFact found
Government estimates show that more than $400 billion in COVID-19 relief money remained unspent as of Jan. 31. But government sources say a majority of that money has been allocated.
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In short
Nikki Haley (2024 Republican presidential candidate, former South Carolina governor) made this claim around 10 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 May 2023, 22 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Nikki Haley has 35 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 12 of them false or fake, 19 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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