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Latest Fact-Checks On Mike Pence

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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 23, 2023 a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee
"I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 18, 2023 comments at a conference
“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2023
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 June 23, 2023 a speech
“The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • July 5, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 7, 2023 a CNN town hall
“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 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."
Half-True
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 November 18, 2022 a speech
The border wall and the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy “reduced illegal immigration by 90%.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 6, 2022
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 7, 2022 an ad from Advancing American Freedom
Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline "dramatically increased Americans' dependence on Russian oil."
False
March 11, 2022
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 3, 2021 Daily Signal op ed
The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2021
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 3, 2021 an op-ed in the Daily Signal
The voting bill known as H.R. 1 "would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2021
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 11, 2020 a news release
Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 20, 2020
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.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 the VP debate
“The reality is when you look at the Biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what President Trump and I and our task force have been doing every step of the way.”
Pants on Fire!
By Victoria Knight • October 13, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 a debate
Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support abortion “up to the moment of birth.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 9, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 8, 2020 a Facebook ad
As vice president, Kamala Harris would “defund, dismantle, and dissolve police departments.”
False
By Daniel Funke • October 8, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 26, 2020 his speech at the Republican National Convention
“President Trump marshalled the full resources of our federal government from the outset. He directed us to forge a seamless partnership with governors across America in both political parties.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg, Victoria Knight • August 27, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 29, 2020 an email
The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years.
False
By Jessica Calefati • August 14, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 9, 2020 a speech
“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2020
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