Taxes

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0% 199 Checks
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0% 339 Checks
Half True
0% 375 Checks
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stated on January 14, 2026 in a statement:
New York ranks No. 1 in the nation for individual tax burden.
Mostly True
February 17, 2026
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on November 7, 2025 in a television interview:
Gov. Kathy Hochul has raised taxes.
Half-True
December 11, 2025
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 15, 2025 in a speech:
In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences.
Mostly True
October 30, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia:
“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”
Mostly False
August 22, 2025
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 28, 2025 in X:
“The (Evers) Era locked Wisconsin families into a 400‑year property tax increase.”
Mostly True
August 15, 2025
stated on July 17, 2025 in a post on X:
Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”
Mostly False
July 21, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview:
“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”
Mostly True
July 18, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on July 2, 2025 in a House floor speech:
President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”
Half-True
July 8, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 29, 2025 in an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures':
The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”
Mostly False
June 30, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:
“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
Half-True
June 27, 2025
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post:
"Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined."
Mostly True
June 27, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 24, 2025 in a White House fact sheet:
If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year."
Mostly False
June 26, 2025
stated on June 2, 2025 in Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
Mostly True
June 25, 2025
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on June 4, 2025 in an ad:
The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.”
Half-True
June 24, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 5, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”
False
June 10, 2025
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on May 5, 2025 in a television interview:
The state budget contains the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years.
False
June 1, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
False
May 21, 2025
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.”
Mostly True
May 5, 2025
Michael Lawler
Michael Lawler
stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview:
“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 22, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2025
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