Latest Fact-Checks In Poverty

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Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 a hearing

In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."

False

May 31, 2017

Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 a discussion with the president of the World Bank

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address

"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."

Half-True

By Andrew Mollica • April 13, 2017

Habitat for Humanity of Broward
stated on March 16, 2017 a press release

"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."

True

By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2017

Boris Johnson
stated on February 17, 2017 comments at the Munich Security Conference

Global poverty is down to "less than 10% today from 37% in 1990."

Mostly True

March 1, 2017

John Patrick
stated on January 12, 2017 a Texas Capitol press conference

"If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2017

Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 a tweet

"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017

Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a tweet

"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 7, 2017

Chad Mayes
stated on January 17, 2017 a speech

California has "the highest poverty rate in the nation" when considering the U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure.

True

By Chris Nichols • January 20, 2017

Roy Cooper
stated on January 19, 2017 a speech to business leaders

Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.

Mostly True

By Will Doran • January 19, 2017

Rand Paul
stated on January 15, 2017 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2017

Bryce Reeves
stated on December 4, 2016 a radio interview.

"If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • December 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2016 a rally in Springfield, Ohio

"Nearly half of African-American children under the age of 6 are living in abject poverty."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2016

Oxfam America
stated on October 5, 2016 a tweet

"The world's 62 richest people own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate

"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech

"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"Food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under Barack Obama."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2016 a speech in Tampa

"Since President Obama came into office, another 2 million Hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. … The number of Hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2016

Howard Dean
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"Mike Pence voted against expanding the Children’s Health Insurance program, which Hillary helped to start."

Mostly True

By Taylor Leighton • August 8, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech

"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2016

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