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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in 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 in 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 in 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
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2024
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on August 22, 2024 in a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention:
“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • August 28, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
“The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on August 14, 2024 in a speech in California:
Former President Donald Trump “cut overtime benefits for millions of workers.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • August 15, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 2, 2024 in a written statement:
"Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 16, 2024 in News release:
"The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • July 13, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2024 in a post on Facebook:
“Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 20, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit:
The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine:
“Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2024
Jared Polis
Jared Polis
stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance:
Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2024
Tyler August
Tyler August
stated on May 3, 2024 in Newsletter:
“Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate.”
True
By Sophia Voight • May 15, 2024
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 29, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC:
Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X:
"The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Macy’s, Foot Locker, Gap, Burger King, Regal Cinemas and Kroger have had mass store closures during Joe Biden’s presidency.
Half-True
By Sara Swann • April 24, 2024
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