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Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro
stated on March 1, 2022 in a YouTube video:
"There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • March 9, 2022
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 18, 2022 in Campaign statement:
"Here in Wisconsin, prescription drug costs grew at a pace of nearly twice as much as the average Wisconsinite's income from 2015-2019."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 8, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address:
“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2022
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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