Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 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 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 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 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 a rally

Says Joe Biden is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.”

July 6, 2020

Rand Paul
stated on May 6, 2020 an interview

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

May 14, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 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 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 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 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

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 1, 2019 a Tweet

"Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 8, 2019

Phil Scott
stated on October 25, 2019 Statement responding to Energizer's plans to close a factory in Bennington.

"This decision is an unfortunate example of why those of us in Montpelier need to work together to make Vermont a more affordable place to do business and make sure our policies help businesses thrive rather than creating unique burdens and barriers to growth that make us less competitive with other states."

By Xander Landen • October 31, 2019

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