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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 in a press release:
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann • August 17, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 4, 2022 in interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News:
The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 12, 2022
American Prosperity Alliance
American Prosperity Alliance
stated on August 4, 2022 in an ad:
The Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2022
Adam Laxalt
Adam Laxalt
stated on July 30, 2022 in a tweet:
A Democratic bill negotiated between Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would "increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2022
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
stated on July 24, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2022
One Nation
One Nation
stated on July 16, 2022 in ads:
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2022
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on May 10, 2022 in an ad:
"David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2022
Alabama's Future
Alabama's Future
stated on March 11, 2022 in an ad:
Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 22, 2022
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2022
Stand Up To China
Stand Up To China
stated on January 20, 2022 in an ad:
Build Back Better “would be a huge payday for Chinese manufacturing” and “would fill our streets with cars made with Chinese parts.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 in Twitter:
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022
Carla Sands
Carla Sands
stated on January 19, 2022 in an ad:
Joe Biden's “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is "the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2022
stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad:
The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2022
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on December 20, 2021 in a radio interview:
The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2021
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2021
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet:
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech:
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2021
Jen Psaki
Jen Psaki
stated on November 15, 2021 in a White House press briefing:
“No economist out there is projecting that (the Build Back Better bill) will have a negative impact on inflation.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2021
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