GOP on shaky ground with claim about Democrats’ shutdown demands

Amid a stalemate over government funding, Republicans have repeatedly accused Democrats of demanding free health care for immigrants in the country illegally in return for their support of a federal funding bill. 

It’s a misleading message circulated widely by Republican leaders in the House and Senate, as well as by President Trump and Vice President Vance. 

Trump on Monday posted an AI fake of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) saying: “If we giv...