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Department of Government Efficiency
Department of Government Efficiency
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:
Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
False
By Madison Czopek • December 19, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X:
“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 16, 2024 in a rally in Vandalia, Ohio:
"Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2024
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.:
Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 14, 2023
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
“Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 26, 2023 in a TikTok post:
Fauci, DOD and CDC funded deadly pathogen research at Sudan lab
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 8, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal:
“More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2023
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters:
“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 16, 2022 in an ad:
Sen. Raphael Warnock "voted with Biden to slash Medicare spending.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 4, 2022 in interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News:
The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 12, 2022
American Prosperity Alliance
American Prosperity Alliance
stated on August 4, 2022 in an ad:
The Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2022
Stand Up To China
Stand Up To China
stated on January 20, 2022 in an ad:
Build Back Better “would be a huge payday for Chinese manufacturing” and “would fill our streets with cars made with Chinese parts.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022
stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad:
The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2022
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2022
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech:
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 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
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on October 21, 2021 in a press release:
Democrats are “asking for a blank check book to spend as much as they want without worrying about the repercussions.”
False
By Kelsey Harrell • October 27, 2021
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