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Latest Fact-Checks On Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2023 TV interview:
"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”
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By D.L. Davis • April 18, 2023
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:
"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."  
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By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 26, 2016 a TV interview:
The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.
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By Sarah Hauer • July 11, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 4, 2015 a TV interview:
The U.S. "tax rate on successful small businesses is 44.6 percent," while the business tax rate in Canada is 15 percent.
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By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 2, 2014 a speech:
"Miller Brewing is not a U.S. company any more. Neither is Anheuser-Busch."
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By James B. Nelson • September 8, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2014 a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff:
"Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 19, 2013 an interview:
Members of the military don’t "contribute toward their pension."
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By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 12, 2012 a television interview:
Says under Wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to Congress.
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By James B. Nelson • August 20, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 9, 2012 his keynote address at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
Says if labor force participation rate were the same as when Barack Obama became president, unemployment would be 11 percent.
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By Sue Owen • July 17, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2011 a response to the State of the Union address:
"The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy."
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By Stephen Koff, Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2011