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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.”

By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2024

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.

By Claire Fisher, Rebecca Schneider • March 13, 2024

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.”

By Vanessa Swales • January 7, 2022

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.”

By Madison Czopek • February 19, 2021

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.

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020

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."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 20, 2019

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."

By Samantha Putterman • May 2, 2019

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."

By Eric Litke • April 30, 2019

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."

By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2017

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.

By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017

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."

By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2017

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."

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

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."

By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

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."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016

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.

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2015

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.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2015

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.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015

Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com:

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015

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."

By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014

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