Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary:

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on August 29, 2014 a press release:

"Our men and women of the Guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 19, 2014

Larry Elder
stated on August 20, 2014 comments on CNN:

"If black America were a country, it’d be the 15th wealthiest nation in the world."

By Derek Tsang • September 2, 2014

Moms Rising
stated on August 5, 2014 a tweet:

"Having a baby is a leading cause of poverty spells in the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • August 12, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview:

Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show":

The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014

David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 his speech at the state convention of the Texas Democratic Party:

Says he lived in a colonia while working as a farm worker.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 2, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2014 a meme on social media:

"For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps."

By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2014 a meme on the Internet:

The percentage of black children born without a father in the home has risen from 7 percent in 1964 to 73 percent today, due to changes from President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.

By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2014

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 12, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

"Seventy percent of the people living in abject poverty are women."

By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2014

Jim McDermott
stated on November 12, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "Politics Nation":

"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013

Daniel Llanes
stated on October 12, 2013 an opinion column:

"78702 is the second-most gentrified ZIP code in the entire country."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2013

Allen West
stated on July 8, 2013 a tweet:

"More Americans receive food aid than work in (the) private sector."

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on April 1, 2013 remarks in Austin, Texas:

"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2013

Frank Keating
stated on March 17, 2013 an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2013

Marcia Fudge
stated on January 17, 2013 a panel discussion on poverty:

"When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty."

By Sabrina Eaton • January 30, 2013

Joseph "Joe" Deshotel
stated on November 13, 2012 a press release.:

"There is no evidence that poor people abuse drugs more frequently than any other socio-economic group."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2012

Dan Ramos
stated on June 13, 2012 a speech in the Ohio House:

Lorain "is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio."

By Joe Guillen • July 2, 2012

Gwen Moore
stated on April 28, 2012 a song/speech:

Says Gov. Scott Walker approved a "gutting" of two tax credits that help the poor and elderly.

By Dave Umhoefer • May 10, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech:

"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012

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