Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Gavin Newsom
stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity:

“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023

Nikki Haley
stated on September 27, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in California:

“Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling.”

By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:

U.S. aid to Ukraine will continue during a government shutdown, but programs for food stamps, transportation, education, justice, environmental protection and homelessness will not.

September 26, 2023

Randi Weingarten
stated on September 20, 2023 in an X post:

"Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”

September 22, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on September 14, 2023 in a speech:

“I taught at the University of Pennsylvania for four years.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2023

Kevin McCarthy
stated on September 12, 2023 in a news conference:

“We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2023

Thom Tillis
stated on August 14, 2023 in a campaign email:

A Democrat-sponsored bill proposes a “1,000% gun tax on most firearms.”

By Paul Specht • September 8, 2023

Chris Christie
stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview:

Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.

By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • September 8, 2023

Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”

By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2023 in a rally:

The Trump administration “built nearly 500 miles of border wall.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on July 28, 2023 in a speech in Maine:

"Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation."

By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2023

Nicole Malliotakis
stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview:

“You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 28, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:

Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”

By Louis Jacobson, Sevana Wenn • July 13, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on June 18, 2023 in an interview with "Fox News Sunday":

“Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American.”

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 28, 2023

Tim Scott
stated on June 21, 2023 in a Fox News town hall:

“Median income in this country is … $35,000 a year. Because of Joe Biden's inflation, the average monthly expenses have increased by $500, almost.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on June 15, 2023 in a speech:

"Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.

By Maria Briceño • June 21, 2023

Bill Cassidy
stated on June 12, 2023 in a social media posts:

“The White House Gift Shop is putting out a commemorative coin for Donald Trump's indictment.”

By Loreben Tuquero • June 13, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 7, 2023 in a roundtable discussion.:

“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 9, 2023

Alex Epstein
stated on May 5, 2023 in a post:

A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”

By Andy Nguyen • May 31, 2023

Tim Scott
stated on May 22, 2023 in his presidential announcement speech:

“The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023

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