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Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 27, 2018 in a TV ad
"In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • September 7, 2018
Steve Cortes
Steve Cortes
stated on January 23, 2018 in an interview
"We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • January 29, 2018
Heartland Institute
Heartland Institute
stated on January 22, 2018 an op-ed in The Hill
Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 26, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 a town hall
Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."  
Mostly False
September 1, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on August 8, 2017 a USA Today op-ed
"Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 14, 2017
Bryce Reeves
Bryce Reeves
stated on December 4, 2016 a radio interview.
"If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • December 19, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 11, 2016 a TV ad
Says Colorado congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "voted to allow welfare recipients to use your tax dollars at ATMs at strip clubs and pot dispensaries."
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright • October 13, 2016
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on September 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • September 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 the 2016 Republican National Convention
"Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"We’re the worst state in the country at moving people from welfare to work."
False
By Andrew Kessel • April 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2016 a news conference
"Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2016
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 In a viral YouTube video
A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • December 7, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a debate
Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."  
Mostly True
November 12, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 18, 2015 a statement
Says Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare "is a new entitlement" program for "every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare."   
Half-True
August 26, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush "said low-income women should ‘get their life together and find a husband.' "
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on May 4, 2015 a Facebook meme
"Ben Carson is running for president to ‘eliminate dependency on government.’ But he doesn’t mention that he grew up in public schools, got public housing and food stamps, got free glasses from a government program, was helped by Affirmative Action, and got Pell Grants for college."  
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 11, 2015
Ken Plum
Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015
"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 a tweet
"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 25, 2015 a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat
"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 30, 2015
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