“This is the damage when people do not tell the truth about the bill. It actually goes back to the funding where we were just four months ago.”
Kevein McCarthy
House speaker (R-Calif.). remarksin an interview with CNN in Jerusalem. Claim dated 1 May 2023.
Washington Post rated thisFantasy math
What Washington Post found
The bill in question would cut spending by 10 percent
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kevein McCarthy (House speaker (R-Calif.)) made this claim around 1 May 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 May 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Fantasy math”.
Where the claim appeared
- justthenews.comhttps://justthenews.com/videos/speaker-mccarthy-says-va-bill-spends-more-budget-proposed-…
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