Claim: The United States spends "$2.2 billion on free cell phones, $27 million on Moroccan pottery classes" and pays for "the travel expenses for the watermelon queen in Alabama."
Fact-check: Sean Duffy: Uncle Sam pays for cell phones, pottery classes in Morocco and watermelon queen's travel
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2013-03-24T00:00:00