he shut this government down right when farmers needed that hurricane Helene money
OverstatedMike Collins, at Georgia U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (Atlanta News First)
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Why we checked itClaims a senator caused a government shutdown that deprived farmers of Hurricane Helene relief funds — a specific policy accusation involving timing and consequences that can be verified against legislative record
What we foundThe core facts are real — Ossoff voted to sustain the October 2025 shutdown and USDA farm relief for Hurricane Helene victims was frozen during it — but Collins's framing that Ossoff alone 'shut the government down' misattributes sole agency to one senator, and the shutdown lasted 43 days, not the '48 days' cited elsewhere in the same debate.