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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters:
"I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 17, 2019 a news conference:
Says Donald Trump "will not be profiting" from the G-7 summit meeting to be held at Trump’s Doral resort.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2019
Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on October 7, 2019 a tweet:
Says the Associated Press was wrong to report that "Income Inequality grew to largest in 50 years" because in a "new Census report all four measures of income inequality SHRUNK, reversing rise over past five decades."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • October 12, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on September 25, 2019 remarks at a town hall:
"Teachers in Chicago Public Schools are paid some of the highest compensation of any school system in the country."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 24, 2019 a speech:
"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
stated on September 5, 2019 a TV ad.:
Kirk "Cox joined special interests to deny teachers raises."
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • September 24, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 16, 2019 a viral meme:
Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 30, 2019 a Facebook post:
"In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 5, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet:
"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2019 a speech at George Washington University:
"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."
Mostly True
By Kristen Uppercue, Patrick Orsagos • July 18, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 17, 2019 a tweet:
Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • June 21, 2019
Marie Newman
Marie Newman
stated on April 24, 2019 a radio interview:
"We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 28, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 1, 2019 a podcast interview:
"Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech.:
"Women earn on average 80-cents on the dollar compared to white men doing similar jobs."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • March 13, 2019
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet:
Federal workers "are paid well above the HOUSEHOLD income in southern Missouri."
Mostly True
By Olivia Garrett • February 21, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2019 a Facebook post:
Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 7, 2019 a congressional hearing:
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 12, 2019
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on December 8, 2018 an op-ed:
"Adjusting for inflation, West Virginia’s median household income has not grown in a decade."
True
By Shannon MacNeil • December 12, 2018
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on November 8, 2018 an op-ed:
"In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th."
True
By Julia Mellett, Sadaf Nikzad • December 7, 2018
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