Fact Check Posts – Page 21

Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House:

“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2021 in a speech:

“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2021

Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."

By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2021

Roy Blunt
stated on April 4, 2021 in remarks on "Fox News Sunday":

The proposal by President Joe Biden would put the U.S. “No. 2 in the world” for the highest corporate tax rate.

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021

Jennifer Granholm
stated on April 4, 2021 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":

President Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021

Turning Point USA
stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram:

HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.

By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2021 in an online video:

If the voting bill H.R. 1 is passed, “absentee ballots would be mailed out to anyone without proof of the voter’s identity.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2021

James Clyburn
stated on March 25, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC:

"There are 43 states that have now passed voter suppression laws."

By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021

Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 in remarks in a Senate hearing:

“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”

By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021

Roy Blunt
stated on March 21, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Under H.R. 1, the Federal Election Commission “for the first time ever, instead of being an equal number of Republicans and Democrats (would be) three of one side and two of the other."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2021

Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

The Republican tax bill passed in 2017 "gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2021

Chuck Todd
stated on March 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2021

Mike Pence
stated on March 3, 2021 in an op-ed in the Daily Signal:

The voting bill known as H.R. 1 "would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president:

"The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."

By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021

Xavier Becerra
stated on February 24, 2021 in statements at a confirmation hearing:

“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2021

Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 in on social media:

“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in remarks at a CNN town hall:

"If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 1, 2021 in on social media:

Under the 2017 tax law, “people who make under $75,000 will have their taxes raised in 2021 and every 2 years after that until 2027.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2021 in on social media:

“Biden invested the entire family fortune in Ukraine gas and oil. Then shuts down Keystone pipeline. Starting to get the picture.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2021

Jake Tapper
stated on January 13, 2021 in remarks in a CNN broadcast:

The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2021

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