Latest Fact-Checks In Social Security

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Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 26, 2022 a newspaper interview
Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 19, 2022 social media posts
A House Republican plan says that if the GOP wins the majority, “Retirees who have a pension, IRAs, 401k, disabled veteran benefits will be ineligible for Social Security benefits.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 13, 2022 Public statement
Says Ron Johnson "wants to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block every single year."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • September 26, 2022
Blake Masters
Blake Masters
stated on August 8, 2022 an interview
On privatizing Social Security.
Half Flip
August 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2022 a Facebook post
“People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.”
False
August 19, 2022
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 News release
Republican politicians are pushing a plan "that could raise taxes on almost one in three Wisconsinites and sunset Social Security and Medicare in five years."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • June 15, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on March 29, 2022 an ad
“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare."
Mostly False
April 6, 2022
Alex Lasry
Alex Lasry
stated on March 16, 2022 Campaign ad
Says Ron Johnson "is supporting the Republican plan that phases out Social Security and Medicare."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 18, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Retired U.S. presidents and members of Congress collect full salaries “for life."
False
By Madison Czopek • January 13, 2022
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
stated on November 10, 2021 a Facebook post
“Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”
False
January 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 31, 2021 a post
“If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year, ($100 per month) in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it.”
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • December 1, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 20, 2021 an Instagram post
“So now if you don’t comply” and get a COVID-19 vaccination, and you’re on “Social Security or disability, you won’t be able to receive your money.”
False
October 21, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 26, 2021 an Instagram post
The government pays out "$2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States," while Social Security recipients “who have paid into the system their whole lives receive $1,400/month on average."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2020
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on September 2, 2020 campaign website
Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 1, 2020 a campaign ad
"If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 18, 2020 a Facebook post
“... in 2013 Obama determined Social Security would not send checks through the USPS, because it was not secure”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 28, 2020
Eugene DePasquale
Eugene DePasquale
stated on August 8, 2020 a tweet
Says Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars during tax season and could potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2020
Eva Longoria Baston
Eva Longoria Baston
stated on August 17, 2020 the Democratic National Convention
"Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • August 18, 2020
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