Latest Fact-checks in Debt Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Mike Pence stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo: “We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters: “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.” Viral image stated on January 27, 2023 in a Rumble post: “Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.” Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump. Hakeem Jeffries stated on January 8, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history. Tim Ryan stated on August 24, 2022 in statements to the media: On supporting student debt relief. Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes": “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook: “El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”. Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in 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. Brian Kemp stated on May 10, 2022 in an ad: "David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof." Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House: “My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 29, 2022 in a press conference: “The student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.” X posts stated on April 5, 2022 in a tweet: “With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.” Abby Finkenauer stated on December 9, 2021 in a tweet: Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill. Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech: “Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.” Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.” Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.” Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.” JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits. Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.” Tom Nelson stated on April 11, 2021 in Twitter: "Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.” Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview: Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.” Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2020 in a discussion with business leaders: Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.” Rand Paul stated on May 6, 2020 in an interview: $3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China." Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.” Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.” Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots."
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Mike Pence stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo: “We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters: “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.” Viral image stated on January 27, 2023 in a Rumble post: “Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.” Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump. Hakeem Jeffries stated on January 8, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history. Tim Ryan stated on August 24, 2022 in statements to the media: On supporting student debt relief. Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes": “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook: “El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”. Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in 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. Brian Kemp stated on May 10, 2022 in an ad: "David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof." Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House: “My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 29, 2022 in a press conference: “The student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.” X posts stated on April 5, 2022 in a tweet: “With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.” Abby Finkenauer stated on December 9, 2021 in a tweet: Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill. Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech: “Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.” Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.” Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.” Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.” JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits. Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.” Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.” Tom Nelson stated on April 11, 2021 in Twitter: "Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.” Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview: Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.” Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2020 in a discussion with business leaders: Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.” Rand Paul stated on May 6, 2020 in an interview: $3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China." Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.” Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.” Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots."
Mike Pence stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo: “We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters: “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
Viral image stated on January 27, 2023 in a Rumble post: “Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.”
Joe Biden stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
Hakeem Jeffries stated on January 8, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history.
Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes": “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt."
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2022 in a post: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service.
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook: “El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”.
Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in 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.
Brian Kemp stated on May 10, 2022 in an ad: "David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof."
Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House: “My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 29, 2022 in a press conference: “The student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.”
X posts stated on April 5, 2022 in a tweet: “With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.”
Abby Finkenauer stated on December 9, 2021 in a tweet: Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill.
Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech: “Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
Joe Biden stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.”
Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.”
Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
JB Pritzker stated on July 21, 2021 in a podcast interview: “You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.
Nikki Haley stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.”
Tom Nelson stated on April 11, 2021 in Twitter: "Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.”
Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview: Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.”
Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2020 in a discussion with business leaders: Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.”
Rand Paul stated on May 6, 2020 in an interview: $3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt.”
Veronica Escobar stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech: “The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.”
Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots."
