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Pat Toomey

Pat Toomey

Pat Toomey is a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, having won election to his seat in 2010 by defeating Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak. Toomey occupies the seat formerly held by Sen. Arlen Specter, to whom he narrowly lost in the 2004 Republican U.S. Senate primary.

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Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on January 19, 2021 a hearing
“There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • January 21, 2021
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on December 27, 2020 an interview
“In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”
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By Jessica Calefati • December 30, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2020 a Politico interview
“In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.”
Half-True
By Jessica Calefati • April 16, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on March 28, 2020 a video on Twitter
“My mask will keep someone else safe and their mask will keep me safe.”
True
By Daniel Funke, Jessica Calefati • April 1, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 10, 2017 Morning Joe
Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 12, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 5, 2017 At a "town hall"
"Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous."
Mostly False
By Mark Dent • July 8, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on June 25, 2017 On "Face The Nation"
"Remember, Obamacare created a new category of eligibility. Working-age, able-bodied adults with no dependents for the first time became eligible for Medicaid if their income is below 138 percent of the poverty level. We’re going to continue that eligibility. No one loses coverage."
Half-True
By Mark Dent • June 27, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on September 13, 2016 In a press release
McGinty previously told a local community newspaper in her native Philadelphia that she 'has found an alarming undercurrent of misinformed people in the 'T' part of the state' outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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By Mark Dent • September 16, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on August 17, 2016 an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Full Flop
By Anna Orso • August 22, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on June 27, 2016 a statement
"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."
Half-True
By Anna Orso • July 8, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016
Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
Mostly False
By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on May 19, 2016 an interview with Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT
It's entirely possible that the Democratic nominee, [Hillary Clinton], earned more money giving a single speech on Wall Street than I made the six years that I was there back in the 1980s… In fact, it’s quite likely.
Mostly False
By Loghan Thain • May 31, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 27, 2016 Pennsylvania
Says Katie McGinty "actually agrees with Hillary Clinton and the most liberal wing of the Democrats on everything."
Half-True
By Cassie Owens, Dávid Tvrdoň, Loghan Thain • May 16, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on February 24, 2014 an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal"
Says Debo Adegbile "was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" and "was abruptly withdrawn by the administration."
False
By Steve Contorno • February 27, 2014
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on January 2, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We have the highest (corporate tax rates) in the world right now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2011
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 14, 2010 a television commercial
"Joe Sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2010
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NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on September 28, 2016 an ad.
"Toomey and Trump will ban abortion and punish women who have them."
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By Anna Orso • October 6, 2016
Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer
"He leant his name to a bill, did little or nothing three years ago to try to get it passed, (and) since then has done absolutely nothing other than disavow any attempt to move on the legislation."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • June 15, 2016
Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on April 28, 2016 a press release.
"Pat Toomey advocated for eliminating all corporate taxes."
True
By Anna Orso • April 29, 2016
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on October 11, 2010 a campaign commercial
Pat Toomey "still supports privatizing Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2010
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak
stated on August 31, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2010
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