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Latest Fact-Checks In Welfare

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Carla Sands
Carla Sands
stated on January 19, 2022 an ad
Joe Biden's “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is "the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years."
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February 1, 2022
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on July 19, 2021 a tweet
Says he worked to pass the 2018 farm bill “that helped farmers, invest(ed) in rural broadband, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults, Budd voted NO.”
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By Paul Specht • August 3, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Maine Gov. Janet Mills is “using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state’s approval, the rules don’t allow the state to prosecute them for car theft.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • June 29, 2020
Rob Schmitt
Rob Schmitt
stated on August 14, 2019 a "Fox & Friends First" discussion
Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way."
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By Bill McCarthy • August 15, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 17, 2019 a tweet
Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."
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By Bill McCarthy • June 21, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 12, 2019 a radio interview
"Tony Evers is cutting child support."  
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By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2019
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 8, 2018 an ad
Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t."
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By Katie Akin • September 7, 2018
Steve Cortes
Steve Cortes
stated on January 23, 2018 in an interview
"We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance."
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By Manuela Tobias • January 29, 2018
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on September 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."
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By Dylan Baddour • September 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."
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By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 18, 2015 a statement
Says Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare "is a new entitlement" program for "every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare."   
Half-True
August 26, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on May 4, 2015 a Facebook meme
"Ben Carson is running for president to ‘eliminate dependency on government.’ But he doesn’t mention that he grew up in public schools, got public housing and food stamps, got free glasses from a government program, was helped by Affirmative Action, and got Pell Grants for college."  
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By Katie Sanders • May 11, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 25, 2015 a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat
"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
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By Steve Contorno • January 30, 2015
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on November 6, 2012 a campaign flier
"Our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget."
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By John Hill • November 25, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on July 29, 2012 a panel discussion on "A Lively Experiment"
"Two thirds to three quarters of people without [health] insurance in Rhode Island work."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2012
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on April 22, 2012 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"One out of two Americans … are living either in or near poverty. That means 150 million Americans, half of us."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 4, 2012 a New Hampshire town hall with voters
As a result of welfare reform, "poverty levels went down to the lowest level ever for ... African-American children."
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By Molly Moorhead • January 9, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on December 29, 2011 a video ad
Rick Santorum "reformed welfare."
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By Molly Moorhead • January 4, 2012