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Search results for "A year after promising to lower costs 'on day one,' Donald Trump is doing the opposite."

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Donald Trump stated on November 06, 2025 in remarks at a dinner:
Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 14, 2025
Kamala Harris stated on September 10, 2024 in the ABC News presidential debate:
“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.”
By Jacob Gardenswartz• September 30, 2024
Jon Tester stated on October 10, 2018 in in an ad:
"Matt Rosendale supports plans that don’t have to cover (pre-existing conditions)."
By John Kruzel• October 31, 2018
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House:
With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night."
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 19, 2025
Donald Trump stated on May 11, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”
By Louis Jacobson• May 14, 2025
Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta:
Donald Trump “intends to cut” Medicare.
By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2024
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2025
Karoline Leavitt stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 13, 2025
Donald Trump stated on May 20, 2019 in remarks at the White House:
"There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent."
By Louis Jacobson• June 4, 2019
Donald Trump stated on October 06, 2024 in Rally:
“With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
By Madeline Heim• November 26, 2024
Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2025 in a Facebook post:
President Donald Trump "just reversed all the cost caps Biden negotiated for anyone on Medicare or Medicaid."
By Caleb McCullough• January 23, 2025
Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad:
Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 21, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on January 31, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":
"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."
By Linda Qiu• January 31, 2016
Paul Ryan stated on January 25, 2017 in an interview:
In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."
By Tom Kertscher• February 9, 2017
Donald Trump stated on May 09, 2019 in comments delivered during a White House event on surprise medical bills:
"We will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions, very importantly."
By Shefali Luthra• May 16, 2019
Facebook posts stated on February 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 10, 2022
Abigail Spanberger stated on February 24, 2026 in the Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address:
President Donald Trump’s tariff policies “have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs” since last year.
By Loreben Tuquero, Zoe Weyand• February 25, 2026
Social Security Works stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Donald Trump says he will ‘terminate’ Social Security if re-elected."
By Amy Sherman• August 12, 2020
Hakeem Jeffries stated on April 29, 2018 in an interview on CNN:
President Donald Trump’s budget "threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"
By Dan Clark• May 4, 2018
Keep the Promise 1 PAC stated on February 17, 2016 in an attack ad:
Says Donald Trump said the government is going to pay for everybody to have health care.
By Jon Greenberg• March 9, 2016

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