Latest Fact-Checks In Disability

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Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 a virtual town hall meeting
Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.
True
By Yacob Reyes • March 14, 2022
Meagan Wolfe
Meagan Wolfe
stated on November 5, 2021 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.
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 18, 2021
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on August 19, 2021 a tweet
“California voters to be able to download ballots at home for recall election, sparking security concerns.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 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.”
Half-True
By Patrick Orsagos • March 23, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on August 15, 2019 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."  
False
By Mica Soellner • August 30, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Kanye West scored "106 points against wheelchair basketball team."
Pants on Fire!
June 7, 2019
Hannah Kelly
Hannah Kelly
stated on January 29, 2019 an education budget hearing at the Missouri state capitol
"The schools in my district don't have a kitchen."
Half-True
By Gaëlle Fournier • March 14, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 19, 2019 a TV interview
On phasing out the private-school voucher program in his first budget
Half Flip
By Mica Soellner • March 12, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 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."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2019
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 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."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • May 7, 2018
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on August 20, 2017 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."
True
By John Kruzel • August 29, 2017
Rosemary Laird
Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 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."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says Hillary Clinton is "wrong" to say he mocked a disabled reporter.
False
By Alan Gathright, Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN
"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."
Mostly True
By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on June 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump mocked "someone with a disability."
True
By Alan Gathright • June 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 6, 2016 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.’ "
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • January 25, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address
"For the first time ever, we completely funded the critical needs waiting list so persons with unique abilities can get the help they need."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2015 a tweet
Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country."
Mostly True
August 14, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2015 various conservative websites
"Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns"
False
July 30, 2015
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