“When elected Georgia governor in 2018, “Brian Kemp was over $7 million in debt.” Kemp “cut a deal” to select Dominion Voting Systems as Georgia’s voting machine vendor and “has never been in debt since.”
Travis Tritt
Country singer. in a Truth Social post. Claim dated 16 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Brian Kemp had a positive net worth in 2017, meaning he was not "in debt." By 2021, Kemp had paid off most of his liabilities. Kemp was not involved in selecting Dominion as Georgia’s new voting machine vendor.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Travis Tritt (Country singer) made this claim around 16 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 August 2023, 15 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- truthsocial.comhttps://truthsocial.com/@TravisTritt/posts/110901483158332626
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1693471552548024660
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1693431748107895251
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