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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2026 a speech to a Saudi investment conference:
“More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2026
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.”
Half-True
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.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2026
Scott Bessent
Scott Bessent
stated on October 26, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Overall, the inflation since President Trump” took office “has come down."
Half-True
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.
Half-True
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.”
Half-True
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.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2025 a speech announcing tariffs:
“Egg prices came down 50%”
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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.”
Half-True
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”.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Marta Campabadal Graus • 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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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.”
Half-True
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.
Half-True
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.”
Half-True
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.”
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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.
Half-True
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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2024
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