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Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 20, 2018 her announcement to run for governor

"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich."

Mostly False

By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018

Mike Collier
stated on March 18, 2018 a tweet

"The state is set to recapture an additional $500 million in Robin Hood payments from taxpayers and not one penny of it will go to public education in Texas."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018

Chris Collins
stated on February 27, 2018 a tweet

"Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month."

Mostly True

By Dan Clark • March 9, 2018

Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet

Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018

Joel Giambra
stated on February 10, 2018 a Republican debate for governor

"I'm the only candidate on this stage who has actually cut taxes."

False

By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018

Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2018 a campaign ad

Says he has a plan for "$1 billion in tax relief for Illinois."

Mostly False

By Brett Chase • February 16, 2018

Phil Ting
stated on January 21, 2018 a newspaper article

"Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase."

False

By Chris Nichols • February 5, 2018

Robert Mujica
stated on January 18, 2018 a radio interview

"70 percent of the income tax that the state collects happens to come from Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City"

True

By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address

"Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the State of the Union speech

"Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address

"We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Richard Cordray
stated on December 14, 2017 a speech

On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 16, 2018 a speech at a women's event in Washington

"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2018

Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post

The Republicans and President Donald Trump "passed a tax bill that gave 80 percent of its benefits to the top 1 percent."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018

Kayleigh McEnany
stated on December 27, 2017 an interview

"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."

Half-True

January 10, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on December 19, 2017 Senate floor debate of federal tax legislation

"Every taxpayer, their taxes are going down, except rich people in Manhattan and San Francisco. Some of them, their taxes may go up."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 5, 2018

Bluedot Daily
stated on December 26, 2017 a headline

"Trump: police officers and firefighters make too much money…hits them with tax penalty."

False

By Amy Sherman • January 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2018 an email from the White House

The new tax law is "kicking the American economy into high gear with $5.5 trillion in tax cuts."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018

Jenna Fischer
stated on December 23, 2017 a tweet

After enactment of the Republican tax bill, "school teachers can no longer deduct the cost of their classroom supplies on their taxes."

False

By Louis Jacobson • December 27, 2017

Jason Smith
stated on November 13, 2017 a tweet

"Check out the record of #jobs created by #TaxCuts 7.8 million new jobs after Bush’s 2003 tax cuts 12 million new jobs after Kennedy's 1964 tax cuts 14.8 MILLION new jobs after Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981."

Mostly False

By Emma Diltz • December 24, 2017

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