Latest Fact-Checks By Matthew Crowley

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Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":
The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • April 3, 2024
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • September 21, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Twitter Spaces event:
“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Matthew Crowley • May 31, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release:
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
True
By Matthew Crowley • May 19, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed “a last-minute exception into an anti-discrimination law for anyone who also operates a theme park more than 25 acres in Florida,” benefiting Walt Disney Co.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • May 4, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on April 10, 2023 in a town hall in Salix, Iowa:
There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.
Half-True
By Matthew Crowley • May 1, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 27, 2023 in An address at the White House:
“We cut Black child poverty in half in 2021 because of the child tax credit.”
Mostly True
By Matthew Crowley • March 22, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 30, 2023 in A speech in Baltimore:
“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • February 13, 2023