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All Half-True statements involving Sean Duffy

Half-True

Donations favor Democrats, but evidence of bias lacking

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 3rd, 2017

Half-True

Yes, but lots of technology upgrades, too

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

Half-True

Don't forget about Social Security

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

"Explosive growth in Medicare" is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Sunday, May 11th, 2014

Half-True

Obama and administration in with rest of federal employees

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

All members of Congress are required to be in Obamacare, but Obama and members of his administration "have their own gold-plated health care plans that they're in."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, October 21st, 2013

Half-True

Monitoring of individuals' accounts unclear

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "collecting financial information, monitoring financial information of millions of Americans" without their knowledge and "storing it for up to 10 years."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, July 29th, 2013

Half-True

Mostly distortions

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

The United States spends "$2.2 billion on free cell phones, $27 million on Moroccan pottery classes" and pays for "the travel expenses for the watermelon queen in Alabama."    

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Sunday, March 24th, 2013

Half-True

On target on health care, less so on retirement benefits

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

"The benefits that were offered to me as a congressman don’t even compare to the benefits that you get as a state employee. I just experienced that myself. They’re not nearly as good."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Half-True

She took it for a while, but started giving back months before the attack

Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy

"Julie Lassa willingly took a hefty pay raise at a time when people throughout her district and the state were losing their jobs."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010