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Latest Fact-Checks On Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview:
The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 13, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 a town hall:
Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 27, 2017 an interview with Fox News:
Says the CBO said "it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan; it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 28, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing:
"Obamacare has failed."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:
 "America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 a tweet:
American colleges amount to a "cartel."  
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release:
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 29, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 2, 2014 a speech:
After the 2012 redistricting, Wisconsin has competitive congressional districts.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 1, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum:
Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 10, 2013 a press conference:
The Murray-Ryan deal "is the first divided-government budget agreement since 1986."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • December 19, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 27, 2013 an interview:
"We’re taxing our small businesses now at rates higher than corporations."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 7, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate:
Says six studies verify that the math adds up for Mitt Romney’s tax plan.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate:
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice presidential debate:
Says Joe Biden "went to China and said that he sympathized and wouldn't second-guess their one-child policy of forced abortions and sterilizations."
Mostly False
By J.B. Wogan • October 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 the vice-presidential debate:
Says the Obama administration spent taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland (and) windmills in China.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 a vice presidential debate:
Says Obama promised unemployment would never go above 8 percent.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 12, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 30, 2012 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention:
President Obama "funneled" $716 billion out of Medicare "at the expense of the elderly."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 30, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 18, 2012 a speech in The Villages, Fla.:
Says Obama puts "15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in charge of Medicare, who are required to cut Medicare ... that will lead to denied care for current seniors."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • August 23, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 9, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Says a national Coca-Cola study showed Texans love Texas more than residents of any other state love their state; Wisconsinites ranked second.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2012
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