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Mick Mulvaney

Mick Mulvaney

In December 2018, President Donald Trump named Mick Mulvaney as his acting chief of staff. In 2017, Trump nominated Mulvaney to direct the Office of Management and Budget, and he was confirmed shortly after. Before, he served as the new U.S. Congressman for South Carolina's 5th District from 2010-2017. Mulvaney grew up in the Carolinas and went to Georgetown University. He attended law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later did additional course work at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes law and real estate.

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Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 17, 2019 a news conference:
Says Donald Trump "will not be profiting" from the G-7 summit meeting to be held at Trump’s Doral resort.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 7, 2019 in a interview during Fox News Sunday:
"Drug prices in this country actually came down last year for the first time in 50 years. That’s because Donald Trump’s president." 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra • April 15, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 31, 2019 an interview on ABC News' "This Week":
"Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 1, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 1, 2017 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
On whether higher federal deficits are acceptable.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 23, 2017 a segment on "Fox News Sunday":
"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 23, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference:
"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 13, 2017 a press conference:
The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 14, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 12, 2017 a segment on ABC's "This Week":
"If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 12, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 16, 2013 an interview with CBS News:
The "president has given 1,100 special waivers to his friends" for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2013
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