Fact Check Posts – Page 14

Joe Biden
stated on February 15, 2023 in a speech in Lanham, Maryland:

The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter."

By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on January 30, 2023 in A speech in Baltimore:

“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”

By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • February 13, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on February 7, 2023 in his State of the Union address:

"Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."

By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2023

Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad:

President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on February 3, 2023 in a speech in Philadelphia:

“We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2023

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters:

“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:

“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House:

“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2023

Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2023

Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 10, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House:

“Take-home pay for workers is going up.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2023

Hakeem Jeffries
stated on January 8, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history.

By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2023 in a campaign website:

As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years."

By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2022 in remarks at the White House:

“For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.”

By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2022

Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2022 in a Truth Social post:

“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2022

Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 29, 2022 in remarks to reporters outside the White House:

"I think President Trump came out four times and condemned” Nick Fuentes.

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.:

“Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on November 2, 2022 in on social media:

The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022

Citizens for Sanity
stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad:

President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."

By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on November 1, 2022 in a speech in Hallandale Beach, Fla.:

"On my watch, for the first time in 10 years, seniors are getting an increase in their Social Security checks."

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2022

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