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Latest Fact-Checks On Rand Paul

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 4, 2022 an ad
“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
False
January 7, 2022
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on May 6, 2020 an interview
$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."
False
May 14, 2020
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2019 an interview on Meet the Press
President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2019
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 11, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing
"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 8, 2015 a town hall meeting in Milford, NH
"The founders of New Hampshire came up with the motto Live Free or Die."
False
By Nick Reid • April 10, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 14, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire
"Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts."
False
By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 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
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with CNN
"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.
False
By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 a tweet
"The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 24, 2011 an appearance on a TV interview program
"The average (public school) teacher in Wisconsin’s making $89,000 a year" in salary and benefits.
False
March 4, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 7, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour
"The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2010