Latest Fact-Checks In Poverty

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2024 a speech in Las Vegas
“Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.”
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By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2024
Jessica Ramos
Jessica Ramos
stated on February 6, 2024 a statement at a media event
“Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state.
False
By Claire Fisher, Rebecca Schneider • March 13, 2024
Joe Volk
Joe Volk
stated on November 17, 2021 TV interview
“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
False
By Vanessa Swales • January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2021 a post on Facebook
“If you make $50,000/year, $36 of your taxes goes to food stamps. $4,000 goes to corporate subsidies.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2018 posts on the Internet
A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020
Mark Batinick
Mark Batinick
stated on October 8, 2019 a radio interview
Says California has "30% or a third of the country’s people living at or below the poverty level."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 20, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes President Jimmy Carter as saying "If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t."
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 2, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2019 a speech in Green Bay, Wis.
"The poverty rate for Wisconsin families has reached the lowest rate in 22 years."
False
By Eric Litke • April 30, 2019
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview
"There are so many data that demonstrate that poor people, surprisingly, are less likely to use drugs than people with means."
False
July 7, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech
"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.
False
By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 a hearing
In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."    
False
May 31, 2017
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under Barack Obama."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on April 6, 2016 a conference call with reporters
Florida’s regulations on the payday lending industry are "stronger than almost any other state."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad
Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.
"When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2015 a meme on social media
Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2015
Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before the House Committee on Labor
The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2015
Nicholas Mattiello
Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "10 News Conference"
"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015
Terry Jeffrey
Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com
There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on November 14, 2014 a radio interview
"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014
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