Statement·other·said 2021-01-12
“The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical [unemployment] supports when they need it most.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2021-02-02Reasoning
Republican legislators did add eligibility hurdles between 2011 and 2019, and denial rates climbed from 1 to 10 percent, but "deliberately" overlooks that some changes targeted fraud rather than access.
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