Latest False Fact-checks in Deficit Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” 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.” Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” 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.” 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.” Keith Ellison stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet: "House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal." Ernest Almonte stated on October 19, 2014 in a television commercial: Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.": "In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax." Chris Larson stated on September 8, 2014 in a news release: "Over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual Wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four." Harry Reid stated on July 30, 2013 in a media availability with reporters: The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs." Harry Reid stated on March 19, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: "In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion." John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners." The Campaign to Fix the Debt stated on December 17, 2012 in a press release: "If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit. Tommy Thompson stated on October 27, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession. Reid Ribble stated on August 30, 2012 in an interview: Says President Barack Obama "built this $16 trillion debt." David Cicilline stated on August 28, 2012 in a TV debate: "We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country." Americans for Prosperity stated on August 14, 2012 in an Americans for Prosperity attack ad: Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition." Mark Neumann stated on August 8, 2012 in campaign website statements: Says he never voted for a "tax increase." Michael Riley stated on July 26, 2012 in a taped debate on "State of the State": The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion." Mark Neumann stated on June 13, 2012 in an interview: If the U.S. didn't borrow $1.2 trillion every year "to fund government operations," that money would be available "for entrepreneurs and business people to put to work creating jobs and building and expanding their businesses." Barry Hinckley stated on June 28, 2012 in a fundraising letter: President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt." Robert Menendez stated on June 8, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”: Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money." Barry Hinckley stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State: President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars. Dolores Gresham stated on February 29, 2012 in an interview with reporters following presentation of improved lottery revenues.: "Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more." Chris Christie stated on February 21, 2012 in an interview on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight”: Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years." Red, White and Blue Fund stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad: Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."
Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.” 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.” Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.” 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.” 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.” Keith Ellison stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet: "House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal." Ernest Almonte stated on October 19, 2014 in a television commercial: Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.": "In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax." Chris Larson stated on September 8, 2014 in a news release: "Over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual Wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four." Harry Reid stated on July 30, 2013 in a media availability with reporters: The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs." Harry Reid stated on March 19, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: "In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion." John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners." The Campaign to Fix the Debt stated on December 17, 2012 in a press release: "If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated." Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit. Tommy Thompson stated on October 27, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession. Reid Ribble stated on August 30, 2012 in an interview: Says President Barack Obama "built this $16 trillion debt." David Cicilline stated on August 28, 2012 in a TV debate: "We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country." Americans for Prosperity stated on August 14, 2012 in an Americans for Prosperity attack ad: Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition." Mark Neumann stated on August 8, 2012 in campaign website statements: Says he never voted for a "tax increase." Michael Riley stated on July 26, 2012 in a taped debate on "State of the State": The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion." Mark Neumann stated on June 13, 2012 in an interview: If the U.S. didn't borrow $1.2 trillion every year "to fund government operations," that money would be available "for entrepreneurs and business people to put to work creating jobs and building and expanding their businesses." Barry Hinckley stated on June 28, 2012 in a fundraising letter: President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt." Robert Menendez stated on June 8, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”: Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money." Barry Hinckley stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State: President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars. Dolores Gresham stated on February 29, 2012 in an interview with reporters following presentation of improved lottery revenues.: "Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more." Chris Christie stated on February 21, 2012 in an interview on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight”: Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years." Red, White and Blue Fund stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad: Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."
Mike Johnson stated on November 5, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": “Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
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.”
Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
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.”
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.”
Keith Ellison stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet: "House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."
Ernest Almonte stated on October 19, 2014 in a television commercial: Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.": "In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
Chris Larson stated on September 8, 2014 in a news release: "Over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual Wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four."
Harry Reid stated on July 30, 2013 in a media availability with reporters: The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."
Harry Reid stated on March 19, 2013 in a Senate floor speech: "In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion."
John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."
The Campaign to Fix the Debt stated on December 17, 2012 in a press release: "If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."
Mitt Romney stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver: Says President Obama has "doubled" the deficit.
Tommy Thompson stated on October 27, 2012 in an interview: Says U.S. Senate opponent Tammy Baldwin supported a federal budget "that spent trillions -- not billions, trillions -- more money than the Obama budget."
Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": "Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.
Reid Ribble stated on August 30, 2012 in an interview: Says President Barack Obama "built this $16 trillion debt."
David Cicilline stated on August 28, 2012 in a TV debate: "We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country."
Americans for Prosperity stated on August 14, 2012 in an Americans for Prosperity attack ad: Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."
Mark Neumann stated on August 8, 2012 in campaign website statements: Says he never voted for a "tax increase."
Michael Riley stated on July 26, 2012 in a taped debate on "State of the State": The Congressional Budget Office "has already doubled its estimate for the cost (of Obamacare) so far from roughly $800 billion to $1.7 trillion."
Mark Neumann stated on June 13, 2012 in an interview: If the U.S. didn't borrow $1.2 trillion every year "to fund government operations," that money would be available "for entrepreneurs and business people to put to work creating jobs and building and expanding their businesses."
Barry Hinckley stated on June 28, 2012 in a fundraising letter: President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."
Robert Menendez stated on June 8, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”: Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money."
Barry Hinckley stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State: President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
Dolores Gresham stated on February 29, 2012 in an interview with reporters following presentation of improved lottery revenues.: "Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more."
Chris Christie stated on February 21, 2012 in an interview on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight”: Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years."
Red, White and Blue Fund stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad: Mitt Romney "left Massachusetts $1 billion in debt."