GOP Senator Called Out For Lie On Infrastructure Plan

The Daily Beast reports:

ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz immediately corrected Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) on Sunday when he tossed out a falsehood on the Biden administration’s infrastructure proposal. In recent weeks, Republicans have repeatedly claimed that only six percent of the $2 trillion spending plan is devoted to “traditional” infrastructure, something that fact-checkers have found to be untrue. The Republican lawmaker, for his part, did not object to the fact check.

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Martha Raddatz fact-checks Sen. John Barrasso in real time as he lies about Biden’s infrastructure proposal pic.twitter.com/tKQOUrxDAA

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