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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2022 in a post on Facebook:
A $5,000 stimulus loan is available.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 6, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 12, 2022 in a post:
"President Biden confirm(ed) everyone will receive their $1k gas checks this week!!"
False
By Monique Curet • June 14, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on April 25, 2022 in an ad:
Sen. Mark Kelly voted “for benefits to illegals.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 2, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
$2,000 stimulus checks were due on Jan. 19.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 3, 2022
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on July 12, 2021 in a tweet.:
“Every Republican in Congress voted to defund the police when they voted against the American Rescue Plan.”
False
By Warren Fiske • July 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Donald J. Trump’s signature is on the new stimulus checks.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on March 14, 2021 in a tweet:
The COVID economic relief package “included $600 million for San Francisco, part of which goes to cover the tab for free alcohol and marijuana for the homeless."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 16, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 8, 2021 in a post on Trending Politics:
“Schumer and Pelosi sneak funding into COVID bill.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2021
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
False
By Katie Sanders, Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014
Young Conservatives of Texas
Young Conservatives of Texas
stated on March 13, 2014 in a press release:
Ryan Sitton’s company "accepted over $650,000 in Obama stimulus dollars."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address:
Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
False
By Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release:
"The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt."
False
By Tom Feran • September 19, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 in an advertisement:
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on May 14, 2012 in a newsletter:
An "Obamacare slush fund" paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an "anti-obesity campaign."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 30, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
False
By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
stated on October 26, 2011 in a hearing of the congressional "Supercommittee":
The departments of Commerce, Education and Energy and the EPA saw their spending increase by between 130 percent and 219 percent between 2008 and 2010.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 5, 2011 in a news release:
Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind’s "stimulus cost taxpayers $278,000 per job."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 5, 2011 in a Twitter message.:
Says President Barack Obama’s "own economists say the stimulus cost $278K per job ‘created.’ "
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2011
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