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Bernie Sanders stated on January 7, 2020 in newsletter from the Bernie Sanders campaign:

"In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2020

Paul Ryan stated on April 17, 2018 in a news conference:

Says that on the tax reform law, Democratic leaders "are promising to take it all away."

By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2018

Giffords stated on March 13, 2018 in an ad:

"Paul Ryan has blocked all action to strengthen our gun laws."

By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2018

Bernie Sanders stated on February 24, 2018 in a campaign appearance:

"The Koch brothers have given" Paul Ryan "$500,000 in campaign contributions."

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2018

Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters:

We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."

By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2018

Paul Ryan stated on December 13, 2017 in an interview:

The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."

By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on December 1, 2017 in an interview:

Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."

By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on September 1, 2017 in an interview:

"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."

By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2017

X posts stated on September 11, 2017 in tweets:

"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."

By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a town hall:

Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a CNN town hall broadcast:

"We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."

By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2017

Randy Bryce stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview:

Says Paul Ryan "has not had a public town hall within the district for over 600 days."

By Alan Hovorka • July 21, 2017

Bloggers stated on July 11, 2017 in a headline:

"There was someone else on that plane for the secret Bill Clinton/Loretta Lynch meeting."

By Joshua Gillin • July 18, 2017

Newslo.com stated on June 28, 2017 in an Internet post:

Says Paul Ryan said that 22 million Americans "choose to be poor, so it’s their own problem if they can’t afford to be healthy."

By Joshua Gillin • July 11, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on June 27, 2017 in an interview with Fox News:

Says the CBO said "it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan; it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."

By Jon Greenberg • June 28, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on May 7, 2017 in an interview:

Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today."

By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on May 2, 2017 in a news conference:

"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.

By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on May 4, 2017 in remarks in 2009 and actions in 2017:

On voting for a health care bill without an up-to-date Congressional Budget Office score

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2017

Bloggers stated on March 14, 2017 in an article:

"President Trump just told Paul Ryan, ‘You’re fired.’"

By Tom Kertscher • April 2, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on March 13, 2017 in a news release:

A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums."

By Tom Kertscher • March 14, 2017

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As Paul Ryan leaves Congress, a look at his record on the Truth-O-Meter

By D.L. Davis • December 19, 2018

Politics in the prayers of the House chaplain that Paul Ryan ousted, then reinstated? Here’s a look

By Tom Kertscher • May 4, 2018

High 5: Most-clicked fact checks include guns, Paul Ryan, governor’s race

By Tom Kertscher • May 1, 2018

After 8 years of fact-checking Paul Ryan, our top 15 claims

By Tom Kertscher • April 11, 2018

Paul Ryan — near retirement? — on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2017

High Five: Most-clicked include fact checks on Foxconn, Paul Ryan and fatal police shooting

By Tom Kertscher • September 5, 2017

Paul Ryan holding a ‘public’ town hall on CNN?

By Tom Kertscher • August 21, 2017

Paul Ryan on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2015

Paul Ryan on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2015

In Context: Were Paul Ryan’s poverty comments a ‘thinly veiled racial attack’?

By Tom Kertscher • March 14, 2014

In Context: That testy Paul Ryan interview

By Tom Kertscher • October 9, 2012

Paul Ryan returning to Texas

By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2012

Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention

By Molly Moorhead • August 30, 2012

Fact-checking Paul Ryan, vice presidential candidate

By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2012

Fact-checking Paul Ryan, vice presidential candidate

By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2012

How Paul Ryan has fared on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2012

The real thing on Paul Ryan, Texas and a Coca-Cola study

By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2012

Jd Vance and Tim Ryan combination photo 2022

Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race

By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2022

Guest column: Giffords group was right about Ryan blocking gun bills

By David Jolly • April 27, 2018

Prolific fake news writer Paul Horner dead at 38

By Joshua Gillin • September 26, 2017

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