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Chris Wright
Chris Wright
stated on March 12, 2026 an interview with Fox News:
The U.S. produces “more oil than we can consume. We’re a net oil exporter.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2026
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 13, 2023 a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire:
Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."
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By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on March 1, 2022 an ad:
Joe Biden's sanctions on Russia “are riddled with loopholes and don't even start for 30 days. They have carve outs for the energy and financial sectors.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2022
Jake LaTurner
Jake LaTurner
stated on February 25, 2022 an ad:
The Keystone XL pipeline "would have produced 830,000 barrels of oil per day, more than enough to offset what we import from Russia."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022
Team PAC
Team PAC
stated on February 7, 2022 an ad:
Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2022
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 28, 2021 an article in RealClearEnergy:
“We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports.”
Half-True
By Ava Peroni, Elisa Contreras • October 5, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 a speech in Warren, Mich.:
The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet:
"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci
stated on May 11, 2019 an interview:
China’s developing country status in the World Trade Organization "means they can tariff and embargo."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • May 15, 2019
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on October 10, 2018 Washington Examiner op-ed:
"The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on June 3, 2018 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2018
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on April 30, 2018 GOP debate:
Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
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By Manuela Tobias • May 4, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2018 a press conference:
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 remarks before a Cabinet meeting:
American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 16, 2018 a speech at a women's event in Washington:
"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2018
Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview with President Donald Trump:
Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2017
Hagar Chemali
Hagar Chemali
stated on July 6, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
"Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech to Congress:
"Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 2, 2017
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