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Latest Fact-Checks On Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2026 in an X post:
"Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500."
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By Caleb McCullough • June 17, 2026
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • September 21, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.:
“Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.”
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By Michelle Andrews • July 28, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 29, 2022 in an interview:
In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2022
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 8, 2020 in an op-ed published in The Guardian:
“It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package."
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By Shefali Luthra • April 13, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2020 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 19, 2020 in a debate:
“Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans.”
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By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2020 in an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes":
“When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program.”
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By Jon Greenberg • February 24, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 15, 2020 in a speech in Nevada:
Says Mike Bloomberg is “a candidate who in 2015 stated, and I quote: ‘I, for example, am not in favor, have never been in favor of raising the minimum wage.’”
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By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 in comments at a presidential debate:
"The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it."
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By Rylee Wilson • January 22, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 24, 2019 in a speech:
"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 26, 2019 in an Instagram post:
 "Last year, South Carolina spent $21,756 per prison inmate and $11,552 per student."
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By John Kruzel • August 27, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University:
"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."
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By Kristen Uppercue, Patrick Orsagos • July 18, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 28, 2019 in the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.:
"No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking."
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By Kit Norton • July 3, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 24, 2019 in Press conference in Washington D.C.:
"Forty years ago, a federal Pell Grant paid for nearly 80% of tuition, fees, room and board at a four-year college."
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By Kit Norton, Lola Duffort • June 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 10, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Wisconsin payday loans have a 574% average annual interest rate, "exploitative lending that keeps Americans trapped in debt"
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By Eric Litke • May 14, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2019 in an interview on CNN:
"One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 in speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
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By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2018 in a speech at Duke University:
"We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined."
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By Paul Specht • April 24, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 21, 2017 in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.:
"The six wealthiest people in the world (have) as much wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population, 3.7 billion people."
Mostly True
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • October 31, 2017
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