Wealth Scorecard true 0% 19 Checks mostly true 0% 29 Checks half true 0% 19 Checks mostly false 0% 21 Checks false 0% 21 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 6 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Wealth X posts stated on February 11, 2025 a post Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth. By Sara Swann • February 18, 2025 Threads posts stated on November 17, 2024 Threads posts “Elon Musk has $180 Billion and there are 8B people on earth. If he gave us each $1B he’d still have $172B left.” November 18, 2024 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 20, 2024 Campaign ad Says Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%." By Ricardo Torres • October 10, 2024 Joe Biden stated on January 25, 2024 Public appearance "There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%." By Sophia Voight • January 26, 2024 James Woods stated on December 10, 2023 an X post Joe Biden’s net worth was $41 million in 2022. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 19, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2023 a Facebook post Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., “is now worth $29 million dollars.” By Loreben Tuquero • April 3, 2023 Robin Vos stated on January 19, 2023 Speech In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care." By Madeline Heim • February 9, 2023 American Action Network stated on August 26, 2022 an ad Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids." August 31, 2022 Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 Newsletter "Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people. By Laura Schulte • June 10, 2022 Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on April 29, 2022 News release "The tax carve out (Ron) Johnson spearheaded overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest, over small businesses." By Madeline Heim • June 7, 2022 X posts stated on May 8, 2022 a tweet “Is ANYONE asking how Ron DeSantis was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million?" By Yacob Reyes • May 12, 2022 Instagram posts stated on February 15, 2022 an Instagram post “The CEO of Moderna deleted his Twitter and dumped $400 million of Moderna stock. Big Pharma seems to know some bad news is coming.” By Sara Swann • February 17, 2022 Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 a Facebook post "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months." November 2, 2021 Viral image stated on October 10, 2021 a Facebook post “Under part 2 of the infrastructure bill, upon death the entire value of your accumulated wealth and estate will be taxed at 61%.” October 13, 2021 Instagram posts stated on June 22, 2021 an Instagram post "President Trump's net gain while in office $0, Nancy Pelosi's net gain while in office $191 million." July 7, 2021 Terry McAuliffe stated on March 10, 2021 a speech “If you look at the average teacher pay compared to the average pay of your citizens, Virginia ranks last.” By Warren Fiske • March 22, 2021 Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2021 a Facebook post Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth is “over $1 million.” March 10, 2021 Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2020 a Facebook post Former slave Nancy Green, the first Aunt Jemima model, died “as one of America’s first black millionaires.” June 22, 2020 Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 a USA Today op-ed “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.” By Miriam Valverde • June 11, 2020 Viral image stated on February 9, 2020 a Facebook post “This is a 1927 News Article showing America was sold to five Billionaires The Rothschild’s, Rockefellers, DuPont’s, Harriman’s and Warburg’s.” February 11, 2020 Load More Latest Articles Fact-checking Biden’s Milwaukee visit By Eric Litke • February 17, 2021 Latest promises about Wealth Joe Biden Create a public credit reporting agency Biden fails to launch a new public credit reporting agency | December 9, 2024 Latest promises about Wealth
