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Katherine Cloonen
stated on September 21, 2016 a campaign ad:

"Lindsay Parkhurst wants to take away programs like Social Security and Medicare that seniors have earned throughout their lifetimes."

Pants on Fire!

By Kevin Hoffman • October 13, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 vice presidential debate:

Donald Trump would "engage in a risky scheme to privatize Social Security."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

María Teresa Kumar
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"Undocumented immigrants pay $12 billion of taxes every single year."

True

By Linda Qiu • October 2, 2016

Mike Gallagher
stated on September 12, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Tom Nelson "backed higher taxes on Social Security, costing Wisconsin seniors $95 million."

False

By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2016

Tom Nelson
stated on September 1, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Mike Gallagher’s plan "would cut Social Security benefits for two-thirds of seniors."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2016

Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 14, 2016 a TV ad:

Says "Marco Rubio wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare because he said they’re bankrupting our country."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • September 16, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 7, 2016 a campaign website:

Says Patrick Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare."

False

By Joshua Gillin • September 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech:

Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2016

AFSCME
stated on August 10, 2016 a television ad:

"In Washington, Congressman Joe Heck supports privatizing (Social Security), turning our savings over to Wall Street and risking it on the stock market."

Mostly False

By Riley Snyder • August 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 5, 2016 remarks at journalists' convention:

Undocumented immigrants "pay $12 billion a year into Social Security."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • August 10, 2016

Harry Reid
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the DNC:

Says "Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to gamble with your retirement benefits in the stock market."

Mostly False

By Riley Snyder • July 28, 2016

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 4, 2016 a radio ad:

Says Ron Johnson "supported a plan to cut benefits and raise the retirement age" for Social Security.

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • July 13, 2016

Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate:

Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • April 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 the Brooklyn presidential debate:

The Republicans "still want to privatize (Social Security). In fact, their whole idea is to turn over the Social Security trust fund to Wall Street."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech:

When Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end" of Romney’s chances to win.

False

By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2016

Annette Taddeo
stated on November 24, 2015 a fundraising email:

Jeb Bush’s plan for Social Security is "disastrous for seniors and raises the retirement age to 70."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • November 30, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on September 14, 2015 a speech.:

"The top 1/10th of 1 percent today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman, Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:

"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."

Mostly False

By Christian Belanger • August 12, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2015 comments on social media.:

Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015

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