Latest Fact-Checks In Poverty

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Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 10, 2018 a campaign speech
"Close to half of the children" in California are "at or near poverty," when you consider cost-of-living.
True
By Chris Nichols • September 19, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 8, 2018 a tweet
"This year West Virginia produced more AmeriCorps members than any other state."
True
By Lili Zecevic • August 31, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 1, 2018 a tweet
"Thanks to President Trump and Republican leadership, the number of people collecting food stamps has declined by more than two million."
Mostly True
By Patrick Orsagos • August 23, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 an ad in the Houston Defender
Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018
Unite Here Florida PAC
Unite Here Florida PAC
stated on August 16, 2018 a TV ad
"Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 14, 2018 a speech
"The three wealthiest people" own "more wealth than the bottom half of the American people."
True
July 19, 2018
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview
Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."
Mostly True
June 15, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on May 17, 2018 a tweet
"Ohio's (payday lending) laws are now the worst in the nation. Things have gotten so bad that it is legal to charge 594 percent interest on loans."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2018
stated on May 8, 2018 an Austin American-Statesman news story
Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman
"I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2018
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on February 7, 2018 a headline
"Food stamp enrollment drops by four million in one month."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2018
Democrats Rising
Democrats Rising
stated on November 26, 2017 a headline
"Trump vows to end winter heating assistance for elderly and disabled."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 21, 2017 a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
"The six wealthiest people in the world (have) as much wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population, 3.7 billion people."
Mostly True
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • October 31, 2017
Luther Strange
Luther Strange
stated on September 21, 2017 a debate
Alabama is "the most generous state in the union in terms of what we give to charities."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2017
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
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
stated on July 7, 2017 a recall filing
Says Tom Barrett "has directed that tens of millions of City of Milwaukee tax dollars be used for the construction of a downtown trolley at the expense of: health and public safety; repair and replacement of public infrastructure; public education; and, job creation and economic development."  
Mostly False
July 14, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview
"There are so many data that demonstrate that poor people, surprisingly, are less likely to use drugs than people with means."
False
July 7, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on June 15, 2017 during a Q&A with reporters inside City Hall
"We are seeing poverty being reduced in south St. Pete at a number larger than the national average, the state average, county or Tampa and Jacksonville."  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 27, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech
Although California has "the sixth largest economy in the world, we also have one of the highest poverty rates" in the nation.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 22, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech
"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.
False
By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017
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