“With the reckless Democrat Shutdown, virtually every Democrat in Congress has voted to hold the American People hostage in an effort to extort hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending. Theyre demanding free healthcare for illegal aliens…” @realDonaldTrump
Fact-Check Summary The claim that Democrats have forced a government shutdown to extort “hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending” and demand “free healthcare for illegal aliens” is false. Multiple independent fact-checks show that Democrats’ funding proposals do not provide healthcare to undocumented immigrants. Instead, their position centered on preserving enhanced premium tax credits […]