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Donald Trump
stated on November 6, 2025 remarks at a dinner

Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2025

stated on July 6, 2025 an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation"

A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2025

stated on May 18, 2025 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"

“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025

Tim Walz
stated on April 6, 2025 an interview

“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”

By Claire Cranford • April 16, 2025

Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 an interview

“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2025 an interview with Newsmax

“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2025

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 2, 2025 a statement to the media

H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2025

Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2024 TV debate

Says opponent Eric Hovde “opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.”

By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2024

Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024

Kamala Harris
stated on September 25, 2024 an interview with MSNBC

“Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2024

Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 17, 2024 a TV ad

“Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.

By Caleb McCullough, Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2024 a rally in Mosinee, Wis.

Vice President Kamala Harris “cast the tiebreaking votes that caused the worst inflation in American history, costing a typical American family $28,000.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2024

Bob Casey
stated on August 22, 2024 a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention

“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”

By Madison Czopek • August 28, 2024

Tim Walz
stated on August 14, 2024 a speech in California

Former President Donald Trump “cut overtime benefits for millions of workers.”

By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2024

Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 a speech

Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."

April 15, 2024

JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 an interview with Fox News

Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024

Brian Schimming
stated on March 13, 2024 Statement

“On Joe Biden’s watch, Wisconsin has lost 6,000 manufacturing jobs and 455 dairy farms in the last year.”

By Ricardo Torres • March 20, 2024

Pete Buttigieg
stated on March 10, 2024 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2024 a speech to the National Rifle Association

Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2024

Dave Murphy
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly

"Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.”

By Ricardo Torres • January 17, 2024

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