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Latest Fact-Checks In Deficit

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2020 a discussion with business leaders:
Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on July 23, 2019 a tweet:
"Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • July 29, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2019 a rally:
"We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 30, 2019
David Craig
David Craig
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet:
Says Gov. Tony Evers' budget includes tax and fee increases even while spending "more on his way to a nearly $2 billion deficit."
Half-True
By Mica Soellner • April 24, 2019
Don Bacon
Don Bacon
stated on October 16, 2018 a debate:
Says revenues "are actually up after tax reform."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2018
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on September 11, 2018 a newspaper column:
"President Trump’s Republican Party will create more debt in one year than was generated in the first 200 years of America’s existence."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2018
Larry Kudlow
Larry Kudlow
stated on June 29, 2018 an interview with Fox Business Network:
"The deficit ... is coming down, and it’s coming down rapidly."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 8, 2018 a Senate floor speech:
"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2018
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 1, 2017 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
On whether higher federal deficits are acceptable.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 10, 2017 Morning Joe:
Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 12, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 26, 2017 an op-ed in the New York Times:
"We are $20 trillion in debt. The Congressional Budget Office projects an additional $129 trillion of accumulated deficits over the next 30 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2017
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet:
"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
Says Tim Kaine "actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion." 
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University:
According to "independent experts," Donald Trump's tax plan "would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate:
Says Donald Trump once suggested that he "would try to negotiate down the national debt."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech:
Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox News:
"The Pentagon itself says that we could eliminate 20 percent of U.S. bases."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:
"We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech in Portsmouth, N.H.:
"Independent analysts say (Donald Trump) would add $30 trillion to the national debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on April 22, 2016 a radio ad:
On how to respond to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis.  
No Flip
By Sarah Hauer • May 13, 2016
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