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Search results for "Bernie Sanders is 84 years old with more than 50 years in politics and 35 years in Congress"

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Fact-checks (25713)

Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
By Michelle Andrews• May 18, 2023
Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Ill.:
"There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me."
By Kathryn A. Wolfe• August 27, 2008
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Sen. Bernie Sanders lived off welfare before he was elected, never held a "9-5 job" and hasn’t proposed a single bill that passed.  
By Samantha Putterman• March 1, 2019
Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in comments at a rally.:
Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent."
By Linda Qiu• October 20, 2015
Pete Buttigieg stated on February 22, 2020 in a speech:
Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
By Louis Jacobson• February 25, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Socialist Workers Party leader Bernie Sanders supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the US, condemned president Carter for imperialism, and accused the hostages of being CIA spies.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2020
Pricey Harrison stated on February 15, 2018 in a tweet:
"The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership."
By Paul Specht• March 5, 2018
Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• October 29, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on August 15, 2019 in an interview with Cardi B:
"We have something like one out of four young black men in this country end up in the criminal justice system. They may end up in jail, they may end up on parole, they may end up on probation."
By Daniel Funke• August 22, 2019
Jane O’Meara Sanders stated on January 26, 2020 in a tweet:
"@BernieSanders receives strong support from the conservative & most rural part of Vermont."
By Kit Norton• February 21, 2020
X posts stated on February 22, 2020 in a tweet:
"Not once in his entire career in Washington, D.C., which started way back in 1991, has Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders ever voted yes on sanctions against Russia."
By Tom Kertscher• February 27, 2020
Bernie Sanders stated on December 05, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"In 1990, the U.S. led the world in the percentage of 25-34 year olds with college degrees. Today we are in 12th place."
By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2014
Bernie Sanders stated on February 01, 2016 in a political ad:
"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 3, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on Fox Business News:
Superdelegates "have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since they've been in place since 1984."  
By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2016
Jennifer Granholm stated on January 24, 2016 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week':
When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on May 26, 2016 in a fundraising letter:
Says Russ Feingold’s "campaign is powered by small-dollar contributions like ours."
By Sarah Hauer• June 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on July 05, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
"We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth."
By Christian Belanger• July 8, 2015
Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet:
"CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."
By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2015
Facebook posts stated on March 09, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 13, 2020
Bernie Sanders stated on March 10, 2019 in speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
By Kit Norton• March 16, 2019

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A closer look at turnout, young voters and a key Bernie Sanders strategy

By Louis Jacobson• March 4, 2020

Medicare for All: What it is, what it isn't

By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2019

Fact-checking the Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders health care debate

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017

Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’

By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• March 21, 2025

Sanders hitting same themes as years ago

By April Hunt• August 3, 2015

Democratic Socialist tweet about Bernie Sanders touched off our most-viewed fact check in October

By W. Gardner Selby• November 3, 2015

Fact-checking the Sanders-Biden primary debate

By PolitiFact Staff • March 16, 2020

Fact-checking the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders face-off: Long records, ample attacks

By Louis Jacobson• March 12, 2020

The Stump Speech Analyzer: Pete Buttigieg

By Miriam Valverde• January 23, 2020

PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 30 Sunday shows

By Will Cabaniss, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• August 30, 2015

Fact-checking the Democratic NBC debate in South Carolina

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Joshua Gillin, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• January 17, 2016

Is Bernie Sanders a Democrat?

By Linda Qiu• February 23, 2016

Fact-checking Elizabeth Warren in Davenport, Iowa

By Amy Sherman• January 27, 2020

The greatest fact-checking hits of Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign

By Jon Greenberg• April 8, 2020

Fact-checking the Aug. 30 news shows

By Will Cabaniss, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• August 30, 2015

Fact-checking Bernie Sanders in Milford, New Hampshire before the primary

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• February 5, 2020

What you need to know about Medicare for All

By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2019

Fact-checking a viral graphic critical of Bernie Sanders

By Louis Jacobson, Clayton Youngman• September 22, 2015

Mailbag: 'You are a joke, and your operation is a sham'

By Louis Jacobson• October 18, 2013

A fact-checker’s toast to ‘Crossfire’

By Aaron Sharockman• October 6, 2014