Latest False Fact-checks in Economy Threads posts stated on October 3, 2024 in a Threads post: The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.” Americans for Prosperity Action stated on September 4, 2024 in a Meta ad: The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.” Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad: “Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits." Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post: The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!” JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips. Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2024 in a post on Facebook: “Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.” Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance: Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.” Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia: "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared." Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts: Migrants in New York City are receiving prepaid debit cards with up to $10,000 and no restrictions. Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “El nuevo Programa de Alivio de Impuestos está ayudando a miles de hispanos a que por fin puedan liquidar sus impuestos de una vez por todas”. Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2023 in an Instagram post: Macaulay Culkin’s “Home Alone” shopping trip that cost $19.83 in 1990 would cost $72.28 today, up from $44.40 in 2022. Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.” TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok: The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.” Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Any American who needs $2,000 a month can get it now” thanks to a new government program. Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan: When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden. Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2023 in a speech in South Carolina: “During Biden’s first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs.” TikTok posts stated on May 14, 2023 in a TikTok post: This video shows empty shelves at a Florida grocery store because truckers said “they were not delivering anything to Florida !!!” Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: FedNow is a new “monetary system” that’s “going to cost you.” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: La Reserva Federal “presentó su nuevo sistema de pagos que va a sustituir al sistema bancario actual". Instagram posts stated on March 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Kenya’s president saying he will “get rid of U.S. dollar.” Instagram posts stated on April 6, 2023 in an Instagram post: Cash App founder Bob Lee’s death is connected to FedNow. Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a video: DO Black credit card is part of a government plot to control people’s lives. Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2022 in a post on Facebook: A $5,000 stimulus loan is available. Liz Wheeler stated on February 26, 2022 in a video on Facebook: The Great Reset advocates replacing capitalism with an economic system that is “kind of socialism, kind of communism” but “mostly just fascism.” Viral image stated on July 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Atlantic published a story titled “Quiet Courage of Biden’s Negative Growth Economy” Instagram posts stated on July 25, 2022 in social media posts: ‘The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.' Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video shows Biden giving the "same exact speech" months apart. Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Adults over 51 can receive $$$ in additional spending for groceries and expenses.”
Threads posts stated on October 3, 2024 in a Threads post: The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.” Americans for Prosperity Action stated on September 4, 2024 in a Meta ad: The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.” Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad: “Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits." Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post: The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!” JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.” Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips. Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2024 in a post on Facebook: “Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.” Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance: Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.” Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia: "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared." Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts: Migrants in New York City are receiving prepaid debit cards with up to $10,000 and no restrictions. Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “El nuevo Programa de Alivio de Impuestos está ayudando a miles de hispanos a que por fin puedan liquidar sus impuestos de una vez por todas”. Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2023 in an Instagram post: Macaulay Culkin’s “Home Alone” shopping trip that cost $19.83 in 1990 would cost $72.28 today, up from $44.40 in 2022. Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.” TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok: The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.” Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Any American who needs $2,000 a month can get it now” thanks to a new government program. Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan: When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden. Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2023 in a speech in South Carolina: “During Biden’s first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs.” TikTok posts stated on May 14, 2023 in a TikTok post: This video shows empty shelves at a Florida grocery store because truckers said “they were not delivering anything to Florida !!!” Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: FedNow is a new “monetary system” that’s “going to cost you.” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: La Reserva Federal “presentó su nuevo sistema de pagos que va a sustituir al sistema bancario actual". Instagram posts stated on March 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Kenya’s president saying he will “get rid of U.S. dollar.” Instagram posts stated on April 6, 2023 in an Instagram post: Cash App founder Bob Lee’s death is connected to FedNow. Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a video: DO Black credit card is part of a government plot to control people’s lives. Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2022 in a post on Facebook: A $5,000 stimulus loan is available. Liz Wheeler stated on February 26, 2022 in a video on Facebook: The Great Reset advocates replacing capitalism with an economic system that is “kind of socialism, kind of communism” but “mostly just fascism.” Viral image stated on July 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Atlantic published a story titled “Quiet Courage of Biden’s Negative Growth Economy” Instagram posts stated on July 25, 2022 in social media posts: ‘The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.' Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video shows Biden giving the "same exact speech" months apart. Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Adults over 51 can receive $$$ in additional spending for groceries and expenses.”
Threads posts stated on October 3, 2024 in a Threads post: The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”
Americans for Prosperity Action stated on September 4, 2024 in a Meta ad: The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.”
Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad: “Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits."
Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post: The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!”
JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": “Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”
Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips.
Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2024 in a post on Facebook: “Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”
Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance: Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia: "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts: Migrants in New York City are receiving prepaid debit cards with up to $10,000 and no restrictions.
Facebook posts stated on October 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “El nuevo Programa de Alivio de Impuestos está ayudando a miles de hispanos a que por fin puedan liquidar sus impuestos de una vez por todas”.
Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2023 in an Instagram post: Macaulay Culkin’s “Home Alone” shopping trip that cost $19.83 in 1990 would cost $72.28 today, up from $44.40 in 2022.
Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.”
TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok: The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”
Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Any American who needs $2,000 a month can get it now” thanks to a new government program.
Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan: When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction."
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2023 in a speech in South Carolina: “During Biden’s first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs.”
TikTok posts stated on May 14, 2023 in a TikTok post: This video shows empty shelves at a Florida grocery store because truckers said “they were not delivering anything to Florida !!!”
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: FedNow is a new “monetary system” that’s “going to cost you.”
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: La Reserva Federal “presentó su nuevo sistema de pagos que va a sustituir al sistema bancario actual".
Instagram posts stated on March 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Kenya’s president saying he will “get rid of U.S. dollar.”
Instagram posts stated on April 6, 2023 in an Instagram post: Cash App founder Bob Lee’s death is connected to FedNow.
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a video: DO Black credit card is part of a government plot to control people’s lives.
Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2022 in a post on Facebook: A $5,000 stimulus loan is available.
Liz Wheeler stated on February 26, 2022 in a video on Facebook: The Great Reset advocates replacing capitalism with an economic system that is “kind of socialism, kind of communism” but “mostly just fascism.”
Viral image stated on July 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Atlantic published a story titled “Quiet Courage of Biden’s Negative Growth Economy”
Instagram posts stated on July 25, 2022 in social media posts: ‘The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.'
Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video shows Biden giving the "same exact speech" months apart.
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Adults over 51 can receive $$$ in additional spending for groceries and expenses.”
