“U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants.”
Tim Sheehy
U.S. Senate candidate, R-Mont.. an ad. Claim dated 27 Sep 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Tester voted against an amendment, but its passage would not have given "taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants." Such spending was then, as now, prohibited under federal law.
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In short
Tim Sheehy (U.S. Senate candidate, R-Mont.) made this claim around 27 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 September 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- dropbox.comhttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2z4mpxfyhy2okwoo94cj1/NTSM091924H.mpg?rlkey=9v3zl9ce3guib2…
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