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Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2026 in remarks to reporters:

"You know why I'm profiting? Because the stock market's going up. ... I'm profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2026 in a speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania:

In the past 13 months, “The typical 401(k) … is up almost $30,000.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on November 6, 2025 in 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

Kevin Hassett
stated on July 6, 2025 in 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

Scott Bessent
stated on May 18, 2025 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a speech:

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

By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 15, 2024

JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 in 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 in 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 in 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

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