Megyn Kelly Repeats False Stimulus Claim

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) mentioned, in a report, an abandoned train station that is to receive $10million in stimulus funds. Fox News’ Megyn Kelly repeated that assertion twice on June 23 in an effort to show wasteful spending of stimulus funds.

KELLY: Well, the president promised to, quote, “call out any wasteful spending” he sees under his $787 billion stimulus plan. Now we learn that nearly 10 million bucks has gone to renovate an abandoned train station that no one uses…

KELLY: — they wanted to repave a backup runway — they’re calling this the airport for nobody; 3.4 million for a wildlife eco-passage in Florida that takes the animals safely under a busy highway; $10 million to renovate an abandoned train station that hasn’t been used in 30 years, Stu.

Unfortunately for both, it’s not really true. While the station house is closed, the platform is not. The station’s platform currently serves more than 80,000 passengers per year, up nearly twice as much as it did five years ago.

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