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National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 an ad:
Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”
True
By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 9, 2020 a post on Facebook:
Trump’s plan “would suspend the 7.65% your employer matches. See? You will NOT get that, nor will your wage or salary increase by 7.65%”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“Let me splain how ‘no payroll taxes’ helps you, it doesn’t. It helps employers.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2020 a post on social media:
“Killing the payroll tax means killing Social Security.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 9, 2020 on social media:
Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 25, 2020 a TV interview:
"The average family in America forks over more of their hard-earned income to their local hospital than to the IRS.”
True
By Madeline Heim • July 22, 2020
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 24, 2020 an interview:
Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.”
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • June 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 on social media:
"Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 7, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on April 12, 2020 social media posts:
The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 a campaign ad:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Roger Roth
Roger Roth
stated on January 20, 2020 a public forum:
“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
“I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 6, 2020
Quentin Fulks
Quentin Fulks
stated on February 25, 2020 a TV interview:
Says California has a top income tax rate of 13.3% “and people aren’t leaving.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 1, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
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
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
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 19, 2020 the Democratic debate in Nevada:
The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 15, 2020 a speech in Las Vegas:
Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2020
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 22, 2020 a news release:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 14, 2020
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