Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 a Facebook post

“Pelosi’s new coronavirus bill allows illegals to receive billions in relief funds in past, current, and future payments.”

By Miriam Valverde • May 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2020 a Facebook post

“(Retail) milk has gone up 7.5% since this time last year. The price farmers are paid has dropped 23%.”

By Eric Litke • May 15, 2020

Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on February 1, 2020 a House Special Committee hearing on Criminal Justice

“In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.”

By Sean Na • March 10, 2020

Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet

“There’s an Amazon distribution center that was advertising, last time I was there, up to $12.75 an hour. Your parents made that three decades ago.”

By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a public forum

“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”

By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020

Mike Parson
stated on September 8, 2019 a campaign announcement

"Wages are on the rise — in fact we were the top small-business wage growth state in the nation."

By Joe Noser • October 31, 2019

Andrew Yang
stated on September 21, 2019 Iowa Steak Fry speech

Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971."

By Miriam Valverde • October 16, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2019 a campaign appearance in Iowa

"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."

By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2019

West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 27, 2019 a tweet

"Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years."

By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • September 26, 2019

Stanley Greenberg
stated on September 9, 2019 his book, "RIP GOP"

"What was the reality for most Americans during the Obama presidency? Most lost wealth and their incomes fell, particularly for those at the bottom of the ladder."

By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2019

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."

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2019 a speech at the California Democratic Party Convention

President Trump’s tariffs are "taking $1.4 billion out of working people’s pockets every month."

By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 16, 2019 an immigration speech

"Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases."

By Miriam Valverde • May 24, 2019

Steve Bullock
stated on May 19, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on May 10, 2019 a tweet

Says Wisconsin payday loans have a 574% average annual interest rate, "exploitative lending that keeps Americans trapped in debt"

By Eric Litke • May 14, 2019

Nikki Bowmar
stated on March 30, 2019 a comment in a newspaper article

Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."

By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 7, 2019 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind.

By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on March 6, 2019 a news release

"College debt has increased 170 percent since 2006 and now exceeds $1.5 trillion dollars, which is second only to mortgage debt and surpasses even credit card debt."

By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2019

Greg Abbott
stated on March 4, 2019 a press conference

"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2019

Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 3, 2019 an op-ed

"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."

By Erica Anderson, Mylana Chico • February 4, 2019

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