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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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