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Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 29, 2022 in News release:
"The tax carve out (Ron) Johnson spearheaded overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest, over small businesses."
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By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2022
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on March 10, 2021 in a speech:
“If you look at the average teacher pay compared to the average pay of your citizens, Virginia ranks last.”
True
By Warren Fiske • March 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed:
“Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.”
True
By Miriam Valverde • June 11, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 26, 2019 in an opinion article:
"The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 3, 2019
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
stated on June 19, 2019 in congressional testimony:
"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 14, 2018 in a speech:
"The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 19, 2018
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 18, 2017 in an interview:
What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2017
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on May 11, 2016 in a teleconference:
Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average --  would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."
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By Tom Kertscher • May 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 in a campaign rally.:
"The Walton family of Walmart ... This one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people."
True
By Sean Gorman • March 14, 2016
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 in a radio show.:
"Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C."
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By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 in his year-in-review speech:
"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."
True
By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2015 in a campaign rally speech:
"The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 in an interview with NBC News:
"When we moved into the White House, we had the lowest net worth of any family since Harry Truman."
True
By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2015
Starbucks
Starbucks
stated on March 20, 2015 in a newspaper advertisement:
"White people control almost 90 percent of the nation's wealth."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 in a speech:
Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2015
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”:
"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 in an email:
"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC:
"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 20, 2013
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 26, 2012 in a TV interview:
Mitt Romney "gave away his father's inheritance."
True
By Becky Bowers • August 27, 2012