Claim: Representative Mick Mulvaney, who was recently selected as the Trump administration's nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, one posed the question "Do we really need government-funded research at all?" on Facebook.
Fact-check: Trump's Budget Director Pick Asked "Do We Really Need Government-Funded Research at All?"
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Alex Kasprak
Date published: 2016-12-20T16:53:36