Poverty Scorecard true 0% 42 Checks mostly-true 0% 86 Checks Half True 0% 68 Checks mostly-false 0% 38 Checks false 0% 51 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 14 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Poverty Gretchen Whitmer stated on February 2, 2026 in a Substack: Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor. By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2026 Hakeem Jeffries stated on May 8, 2025 in a press conference: “About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2025 Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas: “Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2024 Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.” By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024 Jessica Ramos stated on February 6, 2024 in a statement at a media event: “Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state. By Claire Fisher, Rebecca Schneider • March 13, 2024 Joe Biden stated on February 27, 2023 in An address at the White House: “We cut Black child poverty in half in 2021 because of the child tax credit.” By Matthew Crowley • March 22, 2023 Joe Biden stated on February 7, 2023 in his State of the Union address: "Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from." By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2023 Raphael Warnock stated on August 29, 2022 in a speech in Albany, Ga.: The child tax credit passed under President Joe Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.” By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2022 Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” By Vanessa Swales • January 7, 2022 Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview: “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty." By D.L. Davis • November 11, 2021 The Gateway Pundit stated on October 17, 2021 in a headline: Democrats “manufactured votes from low income voters to steal the battleground states.” By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2021 FreedomWorks stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.” September 29, 2021 Bernie Sanders stated on August 29, 2021 in a speech: “It is a result of the $300 per month that working parents are now receiving for their young children that we have reduced childhood poverty in the United States by 50%.” September 15, 2021 Joe Biden stated on May 5, 2021 in remarks: After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.” By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2021 Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.” By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2021 Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “If you make $50,000/year, $36 of your taxes goes to food stamps. $4,000 goes to corporate subsidies.” February 19, 2021 Joe Biden stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS: “If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.” By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2021 Kelly Loeffler stated on December 9, 2020 in an interview: Says Raphael Warnock has "said we need to open up the prisons" and "eliminate cash bail." December 18, 2020 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad: Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves." September 18, 2020 Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2018 in posts on the Internet: A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college. By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020 Load More Latest Articles Food stamps: Facts to know as millions on SNAP face losing benefits during shutdown By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2025 Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’ By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 21, 2025 Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia’s Senate race By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022 Murders spiked in 2020. Why? By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2021 Joe Biden’s plan to cut child poverty by half: What you need to know By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2021 Latest promises about Poverty Joe Biden Give disadvantaged communities 40% of spending benefits related to clean energy Independent assessments show mixed results from environmental justice push | December 17, 2024 Barack Obama Expand the YouthBuild program, a youth education and housing program. YouthBuild is bigger, but not as big as the goal | November 28, 2012 Barack Obama Establish ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ for areas of concentrated poverty $10 million appropriation gets program underway | May 17, 2010 Barack Obama Double U.S. spending on foreign aid to $50 billion a year by 2012 An increase, but nowhere close to double | November 20, 2012 Barack Obama Expand the earned income tax credit Past expansions of Earned Income Tax Credit are extended for five more years | January 3, 2013 Latest promises about Poverty
Joe Biden Give disadvantaged communities 40% of spending benefits related to clean energy Independent assessments show mixed results from environmental justice push | December 17, 2024
Barack Obama Expand the YouthBuild program, a youth education and housing program. YouthBuild is bigger, but not as big as the goal | November 28, 2012
Barack Obama Establish ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ for areas of concentrated poverty $10 million appropriation gets program underway | May 17, 2010
Barack Obama Double U.S. spending on foreign aid to $50 billion a year by 2012 An increase, but nowhere close to double | November 20, 2012
Barack Obama Expand the earned income tax credit Past expansions of Earned Income Tax Credit are extended for five more years | January 3, 2013
