Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Jordan Rachel
stated on January 16, 2021 in a tweet:

A $15-per-hour minimum wage would raise the price of a Taco Bell burrito to $38.

By Bill McCarthy • January 20, 2021

James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:

“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”

By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 in several speeches:

Says North Carolina just landed an auto plant.

By Jon Greenberg, Paul Specht • October 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 21, 2020 in an ad:

Says Joe Biden repeatedly told Americans he's going to raise their taxes.

By Bill McCarthy • October 21, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on October 11, 2020 in a news release:

Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."

By Nusaiba Mizan • October 20, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2020 in a discussion with business leaders:

Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2020 in a rally:

Says Joe Biden is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate:

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate:

In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2020

Richard Durbin
stated on August 23, 2020 in a radio interview:

"We have a worse economy than any other country in the world that's going through COVID-19 by a factor of three."

By Deborah Wilber • September 27, 2020

Bob Good
stated on September 9, 2020 in a debate.:

“82% of Americans...would experience a tax increase if Biden were elected.”

By Bill McCarthy, Warren Fiske • September 22, 2020

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on September 2, 2020 in a tweet:

“Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on 82% of all Americans.”

By Bill McCarthy • September 4, 2020

Viral image
stated on May 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:

The United Nations’ “new world order” agenda will create one world government with one world military and the end of national sovereignty.

By Patrick Orsagos • July 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The national coin shortage was done intentionally, the Mint is no longer releasing coins into circulation aka this is the beginning of the end of paper money.”

By Tom Kertscher • July 6, 2020

Rand Paul
stated on May 6, 2020 in an interview:

$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."

By Tom Kertscher • May 14, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 in a debate:

Because the Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates to near 0%, “the Fed will be of little consequence now. They’ve already used what leverage they have.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 18, 2020

Mike Parson
stated on February 14, 2020 in a speech:

“Right now we have over 40,000 new jobs in a little over 18 months” in Missouri.

By Jack Kosowski • March 16, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020:

"Years of economic decay are over" because Trump "reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration."

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2020

Ro Khanna
stated on December 20, 2019 in an interview with MSNBC:

Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2019

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."

By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019

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