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Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 6, 2024 social media posts:
UnitedHealthcare posted a job opening for a CEO 24 hours after its CEO was killed.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 9, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2024 Rally:
“With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
False
By Madeline Heim • November 26, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on November 13, 2024 a Threads post:
Nissan just announced 9,000 layoffs in Tennessee “to avoid severe losses due to expected tariffs.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • November 14, 2024
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 10, 2024 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2024 TV debate:
Says opponent Eric Hovde “opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2024
Climate Power
Climate Power
stated on October 18, 2024 Organization email:
Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”
False
By Madeline Heim • October 30, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on October 3, 2024 a Threads post:
The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 9, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes":
"We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 social media posts:
Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “Next question please,” when asked about the economy during an Aug. 29 CNN interview.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • September 27, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 25, 2024 an interview with MSNBC:
“Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2024
Americans for Prosperity Action
Americans for Prosperity Action
stated on September 4, 2024 a Meta ad:
The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • September 26, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 in Bethlehem, Pa.:
“Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 17, 2024 a TV ad:
“Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough, Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2024 an ad:
“Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits."
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 18, 2024
Tim Sheehy
Tim Sheehy
stated on August 21, 2024 an X post:
The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2024 a rally in Mosinee, Wis.:
Vice President Kamala Harris “cast the tiebreaking votes that caused the worst inflation in American history, costing a typical American family $28,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 su discurso de aceptación en la Convención Nacional Demócrata:
El expresidente Donald Trump “tiene la intención de promulgar lo que, en efecto, es un impuesto nacional sobre las ventas…que elevaría los precios para las familias de clase media a casi $4,000 al año”.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Marta Campabadal Graus • September 5, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2024 an interview with a podcaster:
Vice President Kamala Harris “is a communist. … She is really a Marxist.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 4, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
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