Latest Fact-Checks In Stimulus

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Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.:

“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021

Thom Tillis
stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet:

“Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.”

Half-True

By Paul Specht • July 17, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 in a CEO town hall:

"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017

Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 in a commentary on Fox News:

"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 in the Ohio Senate debate:

Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio."

Mostly True

By Allison Graves • October 21, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

Mike Turzai
stated on June 15, 2016 in an op-ed for PennLive:

"Each [Corbett administration] budget finished in the black."

Half-True

By Cassie Owens • July 13, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2016 in a statement:

"As governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (Charlie Crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:

"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:

"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 in a speech:

"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."

Mostly True

July 8, 2015

Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:

Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.

False

By Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College:

"3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman, Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate:

If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2014

Bloggers
stated on September 18, 2014 in a chain email:

Was Martha Kanter "dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money" to save Craig Robinson’s job?

Pants on Fire!

By Dana Tims • September 23, 2014

Jack Kingston
stated on June 18, 2014 in radio and television add:

U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue’s company took $3 million from the federal stimulus program that President Barack Obama created.

Mostly False

By Nancy Badertscher • June 30, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on May 6, 2014 in a report:

The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2014

Young Conservatives of Texas
stated on March 13, 2014 in a press release:

Ryan Sitton’s company "accepted over $650,000 in Obama stimulus dollars."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address:

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014

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