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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 29, 2023 a speech at the White House:
U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 28, 2023 a speech in Chicago:
Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 21, 2023 an interview with Noticias Telemundo:
"Latino small businesses are 1 in 4 new businesses, but only 1% of venture capital funding goes to Latino businesses."
Mostly True
By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 16, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 13, 2023 a speech:
Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
Mostly True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 19, 2023
Joan Ballweg
Joan Ballweg
stated on January 24, 2023 Twitter:
"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 14, 2023
Devin LeMahieu
Devin LeMahieu
stated on January 3, 2023 Senate address:
"In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."
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By Vanessa Swales • February 3, 2023
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 23, 2023 a speech.:
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 25, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on January 8, 2023 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2022 remarks at the White House:
“For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 4, 2022 a campaign ad:
"When I was your governor, we reduced insurance rates by 10%."
Mostly True
By Yacob Reyes • October 19, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 7, 2022 News release:
"Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • August 25, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 Twitter:
“My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.”
Mostly True
By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls
stated on May 31, 2022 an end-of-year Senate Democrats newsletter:
“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • June 9, 2022
Kathy Barnette
Kathy Barnette
stated on May 12, 2022 an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham:
Joe Biden “inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2022
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on April 12, 2022 News release:
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • April 22, 2022
Tony Kurtz
Tony Kurtz
stated on April 7, 2022 Twitter:
If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 19, 2022
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 18, 2022 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
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
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
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