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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 28, 2023 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on May 22, 2023 his presidential announcement speech
“The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023
Stanley Litow
Stanley Litow
stated on February 7, 2023 a news release
“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”
Mostly True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 21, 2023 YouTube ad
“Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
False
By Laura Schulte • March 7, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 15, 2023 a speech in Lanham, Maryland
The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2023
Mike Palicz
Mike Palicz
stated on February 7, 2023 a tweet
The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 10, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 12, 2023 remarks at the White House
“Take-home pay for workers is going up.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2023
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
Miguel Cardona
Miguel Cardona
stated on August 21, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 24, 2022 Twitter
"There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 2, 2022
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet.
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
True
By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Greg Casar
Greg Casar
stated on February 8, 2022 an ad
“Greg Casar passed paid sick leave."
Half-True
February 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Kellogg’s tweeted, “Oh, so you think it's cool when workers strike jobs? Now replace 'jobs' with 'women.' Still think it's 'cool'?"
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 21, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 30, 2021 TV interview
“If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 11, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 2, 2021 a press conference in Glasgow
“Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 18, 2021 a Facebook post
“The Canadian government threatens to fire any government employee who uses ‘Let's Go Brandon’ in communications.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • October 20, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 3, 2021 Twitter
“President Biden has created more jobs in his first 7 months than any POTUS in history.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2021
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 TV interview
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 Twitter
“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 19, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on June 8, 2021 Twitter
“We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”
True
By Laura Schulte • June 18, 2021
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