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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2026 remarks at a restaurant in Iowa
“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we've ever had before.”
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By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2026
Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Whitmer
stated on February 2, 2026 a Substack
Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor.
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By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2026
stated on October 26, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Overall, the inflation since President Trump” took office “has come down."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on September 19, 2025 an X post
Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
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By Maria Briceño • October 2, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 a Cabinet meeting
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2025 a Cabinet meeting
“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2025 a speech announcing tariffs
“Egg prices came down 50%”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2025
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes"
"We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 in Bethlehem, Pa.
“Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 su discurso de aceptación en la Convención Nacional Demócrata
El expresidente Donald Trump “tiene la intención de promulgar lo que, en efecto, es un impuesto nacional sobre las ventas…que elevaría los precios para las familias de clase media a casi $4,000 al año”.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention
Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 16, 2024 News release
"The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
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By D.L. Davis • July 13, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 remarks in Detroit
The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 an interview with Time magazine
“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2024
Jared Polis
Jared Polis
stated on May 15, 2024 an X post
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2024
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 29, 2024 an interview with MSNBC
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 31, 2024 a post on X
"The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2024 a Facebook post
Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Macy’s, Foot Locker, Gap, Burger King, Regal Cinemas and Kroger have had mass store closures during Joe Biden’s presidency.
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By Sara Swann • April 24, 2024
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 11, 2024 an interview with Fox News
“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on March 4, 2024 Campaign video
“Since the end of the 2020 fiscal year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin have added over $7.3 trillion of debt, more than the first 228 years of our nation’s history combined.”
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By Hope Karnopp • March 14, 2024
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