Fact Check: Conservative group claims Slotkin voted for program that hiked inflation

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Published September 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM EDT

FILE - Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., questions witnesses during hearing on Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill Washington. Slotkin is reserving over $8 million in ads in the weeks leading up to the November 2024 election as she attempts to win the state's open Senate seat. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, File)

A conservative activist group is targeting Slotkin's vote for what they call the "$1.2 trillion Inflation Reduction Act that drove inflation higher".

PolitiFact fact checkers say this statement is false. Click here to read the entire article and see their sources.

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