Disability

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All Fact-checks for Disability

Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 in a virtual town hall meeting:

Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.

By Yacob Reyes • March 14, 2022

Meagan Wolfe
stated on November 5, 2021 in TV interview:

"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.

By D.L. Davis • November 18, 2021

Larry Elder
stated on August 19, 2021 in a tweet:

“California voters to be able to download ballots at home for recall election, sparking security concerns.”

By Chris Nichols • August 27, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 in on social media:

Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”

By Patrick Orsagos • March 23, 2020

Robin Vos
stated on August 15, 2019 in a radio interview:

The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures."

By Mica Soellner • August 30, 2019

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stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Kanye West scored "106 points against wheelchair basketball team."

June 7, 2019

Hannah Kelly
stated on January 29, 2019 in an education budget hearing at the Missouri state capitol:

"The schools in my district don't have a kitchen."

By Gaëlle Fournier • March 14, 2019

Tony Evers
stated on February 19, 2019 in a TV interview:

On phasing out the private-school voucher program in his first budget

By Mica Soellner • March 12, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 in a CNN town hall event:

Says President Donald Trump "came forth with a budget — a trillion dollar cut in Medicaid, $500 billion to Medicare, and $72 billion for the Social Security Disability Fund."

By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2019

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 in a website campaign statement:

Says he was "instrumental to passing two (recent) pieces of legislation that were a huge victory for firefighters across the state."

By Eric Litke • May 7, 2018

Adam Schiff
stated on August 20, 2017 in an interview:

"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."

By John Kruzel • August 29, 2017

Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 in a Florida Senate committee hearing:

"Currently, half a million Floridians have Alzheimer’s disease, and in less than 10 years, a 40 percent growth rate means that another 200,000 Floridians will develop this devastating illness."

By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 in the third presidential debate in Las Vegas:

Says Hillary Clinton is "wrong" to say he mocked a disabled reporter.

By Alan Gathright, Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016

Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."

By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016

Priorities USA Action
stated on June 8, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says Donald Trump mocked "someone with a disability."

By Alan Gathright • June 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 6, 2016 in comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas:

Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney "about the 47 percent" and said that "people with disabilities are, and I quote him, ‘a drain on society.’ "

By Riley Snyder • January 25, 2016