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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement:
Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
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By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines:
"Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."
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By Julia Shanahan • May 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Pelosi’s new coronavirus bill allows illegals to receive billions in relief funds in past, current, and future payments.”
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By Miriam Valverde • May 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“(Retail) milk has gone up 7.5% since this time last year. The price farmers are paid has dropped 23%.”
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By Eric Litke • May 15, 2020
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on February 1, 2020 in 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.”
Mostly True
By Sean Na • March 10, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2020 in 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.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 in 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.”
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By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on September 8, 2019 in a campaign announcement:
"Wages are on the rise — in fact we were the top small-business wage growth state in the nation."
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By Joe Noser • October 31, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 21, 2019 in 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."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • October 16, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2019 in a campaign appearance in Iowa:
"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet:
"Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years."
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By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • September 26, 2019
Stanley Greenberg
Stanley Greenberg
stated on September 9, 2019 in 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."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 in 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
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2019 in 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."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 16, 2019 in 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."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • May 24, 2019
Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock
stated on May 19, 2019 in 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%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 10, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Wisconsin payday loans have a 574% average annual interest rate, "exploitative lending that keeps Americans trapped in debt"
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 14, 2019
Nikki Bowmar
Nikki Bowmar
stated on March 30, 2019 in 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."
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By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 6, 2019 in 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."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2019
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