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stated on September 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 28, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 the Democratic debate in Washington D.C.:
Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email:
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 5, 2020 an interview with NBC:
Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2020
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stated on February 23, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Bernie Sanders “only had 3,444 votes” in Nevada.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 5, 2020 an interview with NBC:
“You’ve raised a lot more money than I have, Bernie.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2020
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 24, 2020 a tweet:
"Bernie (Sanders) is a communist."
False
By Eric Litke • March 4, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 social media:
“Bernie Sanders voted in favor of every war during his tenure.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2020
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stated on February 29, 2020 a post on Facebook:
“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour - $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 29, 2020
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X posts
stated on February 22, 2020 a tweet:
"Not once in his entire career in Washington, D.C., which started way back in 1991, has Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders ever voted yes on sanctions against Russia."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 8, 2020 a post on Facebook:
Says Bernie Sanders “collaborated with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 23, 2020 an MSNBC interview:
Says Bernie Sanders “opposed Obamacare, didn't like the fact we didn't push a single-payer option.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2020 a Facebook post:
Say Bernie Sanders said, “Italians are gangsters and Irish are drunk and Jews are greedy and black people smell.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 22, 2020 a speech:
Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 an image:
“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 21, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 14, 2020 a meme:
Photo shows Bernie Sanders at the 1969 Stonewall riots.
False
By Daniel Funke • February 18, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 14, 2020 a debate:
"Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women, Amy and me."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 17, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders have passed six bills in a combined 67 years.
False
By Daniel Funke • November 21, 2019
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stated on June 9, 2016 a Facebook post:
Says Bernie Sanders wants "to make the cut off date for abortions up to 36 weeks" because he says "a baby at that point feels no pain and has no rights to life."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 9, 2019
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