Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Steve Mnuchin
stated on April 27, 2017 a April 26 press conference:

Says President Donald Trump "has given more financial disclosure than anybody else."

By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2017

Jim Patterson
stated on April 10, 2017 a press release:

California will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.

By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017

Citizens to Protect Transportation Funding
stated on September 28, 2016 a TV ad:

"We can fix our roads without raising taxes."

By Madeleine Doubek • November 5, 2016

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 22, 2016 a web ad:

Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold "voted over 250 times to raise taxes."

By Eric Litke • October 27, 2016

Chris Jacobs
stated on September 1, 2016 a campaign ad:

"After how hard you work and how much you pay in taxes, New York City ends up getting the money. I'm Chris Jacobs. I think it's time we have someone in Albany that's making sure our region gets our fair share"

By Dan Clark • October 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2016 a statement from the campaign:

Says he has "a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required."

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump "hasn’t broken his promise" to release his tax returns.

By Linda Qiu • October 5, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"The 'New York Times' writes this long story" about Donald Trump’s tax returns but "didn't point out there was no wrongdoing" until paragraph 18.

By Aaron Sharockman • 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."

By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"You will learn more about Donald Trump by going down to the Federal Elections" to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

John Fleming
stated on September 12, 2016 a radio ad:

"The head of the IRS ordered 24,000 emails erased before Congress could review them, making sure the American people will never know the real truth."

By Katherine Burns, Rachel Tiede • September 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 an interview with ABC News:

"I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return."

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech:

"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 25, 2016 a speech in Manchester, N.H.:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now."

By Joshua Gillin • August 26, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on June 14, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas."

By Alison Dirr • August 26, 2016

Mark Kirk
stated on June 15, 2016 a website press release:

Says Rep. Tammy "Duckworth has been a staunch supporter of expanding the spending, size and reach of the IRS."

By Madeleine Doubek • July 21, 2016

Daniel Grace
stated on May 17, 2016 a statement:

A three-cents-per-ounce soda tax in Philadelphia "would result in the loss of 2,000 family-sustaining Teamster Union jobs and countless other jobs in the beverage industry."

By Anna Orso • May 20, 2016

Tom Marino
stated on May 13, 2016 In an MSNBC interview:

"I have had to fill out FEC reports for the past six years now, and they’re much more detailed than a tax return..."

By Loghan Thain • May 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview on 'Meet the Press':

"We're the highest taxed nation in the world."

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 8, 2016

Ridesharing Works for Austin
stated on April 26, 2016 a voter mailer noted by a reader:

If Austin voters reject Proposition 1, a "completely new City-run" criminal background check "process will cost millions in processing fees, additional staff, and bureaucracy" with taxpayers getting "the bill."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2016

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