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Latest Fact-Checks On Mike Pence

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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 14, 2023 a speech to the National Rifle Association
"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 30, 2023 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer
“In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 24, 2023 an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo
“We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 a debate
“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”
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By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 4, 2020 in a press briefing
“With regard to the cost, let me be very clear: HHS has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefit. That means, by definition, it's covered in the private health insurance of every American, as well as covered by Medicare and Medicaid."
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By Julie Appleby • March 6, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 29, 2020 a press conference
Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 5, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on May 12, 2018 a speech at Hillsdale College
"Religion in America isn’t receding. It’s just the opposite. Faith is gaining new life across America every day."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech
Says President Donald Trump "has signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in American history and has already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • July 21, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on January 4, 2017 comments to reporters on Capitol Hill
Under Obamacare, "American families have seen an increase in premiums of $5,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
"One in five American households have nobody under the same roof that's got a job."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
Says Donald Trump, in his campaign announcement speech, "also said, ‘And many of them (Mexicans) are good people. You keep leaving that out of your quote."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 3, 2016 a pre-debate appearance in Virginia
"In the state of Indiana, I’ve signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
For immigrants with visa overstays, "we make no effort to hold them accountable to that or uphold the law."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 12, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 23, 2016 a speech at a campaign rally.
"Hillary [Clinton] wants to raise taxes by over a trillion dollars."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 4, 2016 a rally
The Obama administration has been "raising taxes."  
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 16, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention
Says as Indiana governor, he has made "record investments in education."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a Donald Trump rally in Indiana
"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."
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By Katie Sanders • March 29, 2015
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