Latest True Fact-checks in Poverty 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 Marcy Kaptur stated on March 12, 2012 in an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC: "The poorest in this country are women." Wayne DeAngelo stated on February 27, 2012 in a Letter to the Editor in The Times of Trenton: "If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in New Jersey." Boyd Richie stated on November 15, 2011 in an email blast: Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American. Gary Sasse stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on 10 News Conference: Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food." Amy Hanauer stated on May 5, 2011 in at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse: "To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch." Michael Moore stated on March 5, 2011 in a speech to protesters in Madison, Wisconsin: "Just 400 Americans -- 400 -- have more wealth than half of all Americans combined." Bernie Sanders stated on November 30, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: In 2007, "the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," which is "more than the entire bottom 50 percent." Kenneth Block stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial: "(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare." John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have." Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children." John Edwards stated on August 29, 2007 in a speech in Americus, Ga.: Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
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Marcy Kaptur stated on March 12, 2012 in an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC: "The poorest in this country are women." Wayne DeAngelo stated on February 27, 2012 in a Letter to the Editor in The Times of Trenton: "If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in New Jersey." Boyd Richie stated on November 15, 2011 in an email blast: Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American. Gary Sasse stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on 10 News Conference: Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average." Dennis Kucinich stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food." Amy Hanauer stated on May 5, 2011 in at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse: "To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch." Michael Moore stated on March 5, 2011 in a speech to protesters in Madison, Wisconsin: "Just 400 Americans -- 400 -- have more wealth than half of all Americans combined." Bernie Sanders stated on November 30, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: In 2007, "the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," which is "more than the entire bottom 50 percent." Kenneth Block stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial: "(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare." John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have." Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children." John Edwards stated on August 29, 2007 in a speech in Americus, Ga.: Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
Marcy Kaptur stated on March 12, 2012 in an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC: "The poorest in this country are women."
Wayne DeAngelo stated on February 27, 2012 in a Letter to the Editor in The Times of Trenton: "If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in New Jersey."
Boyd Richie stated on November 15, 2011 in an email blast: Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.
Gary Sasse stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on 10 News Conference: Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
Dennis Kucinich stated on June 1, 2011 in a House committee hearing: "Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
Amy Hanauer stated on May 5, 2011 in at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse: "To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch."
Michael Moore stated on March 5, 2011 in a speech to protesters in Madison, Wisconsin: "Just 400 Americans -- 400 -- have more wealth than half of all Americans combined."
Bernie Sanders stated on November 30, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: In 2007, "the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," which is "more than the entire bottom 50 percent."
Kenneth Block stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial: "(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have."
Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
John Edwards stated on August 29, 2007 in a speech in Americus, Ga.: Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
