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Latest Fact-Checks In Small Business

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2021 remarks at the White House
"The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 20, 2021 Twitter
Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2021 a Facebook post
“Lauren Boebert received a PPP loan for her restaurant.”
False
July 12, 2021
James Gallagher
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 a tweet
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 18, 2020 a tweet
Says Texas has “lower taxes and less regulations than anywhere else in the U.S.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • October 23, 2020
Lincoln Project
Lincoln Project
stated on May 5, 2020 an ad
"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2020
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on September 4, 2019 a Joint Finance Committee meeting
"Gov. Evers asked the director of WEDC to stay on"
False
By Eric Litke • September 6, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 20, 2018
"Black business ownership jumped 400% in one year."
False
By Kyra Haas • August 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 25, 2016 a speech in Manchester, N.H.
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 26, 2016
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on January 13, 2016 a Facebook post.
"More businesses are closing than opening in Virginia today."
False
By Warren Fiske • February 1, 2016
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
Robert Hurt
Robert Hurt
stated on April 16, 2015 a statement.
Says the estate tax, "in many cases," forces family farmers and small businesses owners to sell their holdings.
False
By Warren Fiske • May 3, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015 a speech at Liberty University
"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."
False
By Steve Contorno • March 24, 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
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 a television commercial
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
Young Conservatives of Texas
Young Conservatives of Texas
stated on March 13, 2014 a press release
Ryan Sitton’s company "accepted over $650,000 in Obama stimulus dollars."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio
Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on October 15, 2013 in a mayoral forum
"Since Mr. Foster's been mayor, we have less small businesses in the city of St. Petersburg."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on September 25, 2012 an advertisement, “Veterans,”
"Carol Shea-Porter … wants to increase taxes on small business and job creators."
False
By Jake Berry • October 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver
"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012
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