Statement·other·said 2021-03-06
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2021-03-09Reasoning
Democrats rejected a GOP amendment that would have barred prisoners from $1,400 checks, but Republicans also voted for earlier Trump-era stimulus bills that paid prisoners; the partisan framing omits that history.
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