BanQs singled out by New York Times for lying…we’re shocked!

Congress Jim BanQs was called out for a “misleading” statement (LYING) about the American Recovery Act in the New York Time in an article entitled, Assessing Claims in the Coronavirus Stimulus Debate

WHAT WAS SAID

“There are bailouts to Planned Parenthood, stimulus grants to illegal immigrant families.” — Representative Jim Banks, Republican of Indiana, in an interview this week on Fox News.

This is misleading. Mr. Banks’s claim about “illegal immigrant families” receiving stimulus grants refers to families with mixed immigration status, not families where all members are undocumented. Under the bill, couples who jointly file their taxes need to have only one valid Social Security number to receive a stimulus check. But the amount would be $1,400 for an individual, not $2,800 for a couple.