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Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 Twitter:
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 6, 2022 a Facebook post:
President John F. Kennedy “was planning to end the Federal Reserve.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 21, 2022
Patrick Gaspard
Patrick Gaspard
stated on February 13, 2022 remarks on ABC's "This Week":
"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at a far faster pace than any other country in the OECD."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.:
Virginia’s economic growth “has stalled at less than 1% per year for eight years.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • February 14, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2022 a Facebook post:
$2,000 stimulus checks were due on Jan. 19.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2022 Facebook posts:
“Dyson is canceling their contract with Walmart and selling off Dyson Supersonic” hair dryers “only for $1!”
False
By Becca Schimmel • January 24, 2022
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 19, 2022 a news conference:
“This country’s working people actually got a raise.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2022
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on January 12, 2022 a speech.:
“We’ve brought in more than $81 billion in economic investment, more than four times any previous administration.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 14, 2022
Joe Volk
Joe Volk
stated on November 17, 2021 TV interview:
“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
False
By Vanessa Swales • January 7, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2021 remarks from the White House:
“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2021 remarks at the White House:
"The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2021
Colin Allred
Colin Allred
stated on October 25, 2021 in a TV interview:
"You've had over 2 million women drop out of the workforce during this pandemic."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • November 23, 2021
Jen Psaki
Jen Psaki
stated on November 15, 2021 a White House press briefing:
“No economist out there is projecting that (the Build Back Better bill) will have a negative impact on inflation.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 30, 2021 TV interview:
“If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 11, 2021
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on November 7, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2021 an Instagram post:
A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 5, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 24, 2021 in a TikTok video:
Product shortages are manufactured; goods are stuck in warehouses.
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 4, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 2, 2021 a press conference in Glasgow:
“Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 22, 2021 a Facebook post:
“The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021
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