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Latest Fact-Checks On JD Vance

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JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 in a news conference:
Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
True
By Jeff Cercone • August 12, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 in a speech:
“When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, do you know what he did? He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • August 9, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview:
Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News:
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues:
“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 16, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet:
Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 10, 2022 in a debate:
“Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad:
Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 4, 2022 in an interview:
“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on April 5, 2022 in a TV ad:
“Joe Biden’s open border” means that there are “more Democrat voters pouring into this country."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon:
Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 7, 2022 in an ad on Facebook:
“Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 10, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on December 31, 2017 in an interview on Face the Nation:
Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2018
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