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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2019 a campaign email to Vermont media
"President Trump has lifted the prospect of voters across Vermont, overseeing a 11,742 decline of Vermont residents on food stamps."
Mostly True
By Xander Landen • November 7, 2019
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on August 8, 2017 a USA Today op-ed
"Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 14, 2017
Bryce Reeves
Bryce Reeves
stated on December 4, 2016 a radio interview.
"If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • December 19, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 11, 2016 a TV ad
Says Colorado congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "voted to allow welfare recipients to use your tax dollars at ATMs at strip clubs and pot dispensaries."
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By Alan Gathright • October 13, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2016 a news conference
"Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a debate
Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."  
Mostly True
November 12, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush "said low-income women should ‘get their life together and find a husband.' "
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015
Ken Plum
Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015
"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on July 22, 2014 a television ad
A tax plan promoted by North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis will "overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 25, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 8, 2014 comments on Fox News
"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2014
Georgia Department of Public Health
Georgia Department of Public Health
stated on April 7, 2014 department blog post
"Georgia has the nation's fifth largest Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition program, serving more than 270,000 mothers, babies and children every day."
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 15, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 4, 2014 a radio interview
When Republicans last controlled the presidency and Congress, "the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof."  
Mostly True
April 10, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on December 4, 2013 an episode of CNN's "Crossfire"
"60 percent of people on food assistance are working."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • December 11, 2013
Brad Blakeman
Brad Blakeman
stated on October 31, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"When is a farm bill not a farm bill? When 90 percent of it is for food stamps."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on October 15, 2013 a campaign speech.
Says "there are actually more people in poverty now than there were when we started" the War on Poverty.  
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 24, 2013
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Oregon Center for Public Policy
stated on August 7, 2013 website materials
"7 out of 10 Oregon families living in poverty have at least one parent who works."
Mostly True
By Yuxing Zheng • September 11, 2013
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on June 29, 2013 an interview with CNN
Says under the Senate immigration bill, newly legalized immigrants will "pay every tax possible, but you don’t get a single benefit" for 10 years.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2013
E.W. Jackson
E.W. Jackson
stated on June 19, 2013 a speech.
"In 1960, most black children were raised in two-parent, monogamous families." Today "we have only 20 percent of black children being raised in two-parent, monogamous families..."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • July 1, 2013
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