1 People 2506 Fact-checks 845 Articles People (1) Free Market Florida Fact-checks (2506) Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House." By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2015 Charles Payne stated on June 17, 2019 in a TV appearance: "When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street." By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2019 Jeff Bezos stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing: “The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.” By Emily Venezky• August 6, 2020 Bill Nelson stated on April 15, 2012 in an op-ed in POLITICO: At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years." By Katie Sanders• April 24, 2012 Sherrod Brown stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release: Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump." By Peter Krouse• May 2, 2012 Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump." By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2024 Senate Republican Conference stated on March 21, 2012 in a web video: Says that while President Barack Obama promised to "work with your employer to lower your premiums by $2,500 per family per year," his health care law "raises premiums in the individual market by $2,100 per family." By Louis Jacobson• March 26, 2012 Rudy Giuliani stated on October 09, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.: ''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.'' By John Frank• November 13, 2007 Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt." By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2017 Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference: Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record." By Tom Kertscher• March 19, 2020 Donald Verrilli stated on March 27, 2012 in a Supreme Court hearing on health care law: Says when New Jersey adopted guaranteed coverage and cost provisions without a mandate individual health insurance market rates "doubled or tripled" and enrollment dropped from 180,000 people to 80,000 people. By Erin O'Neill• April 4, 2012 Hillary Clinton stated on May 04, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper: "The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt." By Lauren Carroll• May 10, 2016 Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2014 in a Facebook graphic: "There is no state in the U.S. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment." By Steve Contorno• September 18, 2014 Martin Smith stated on March 23, 2015 in subcommittee hearing: By allowing brewpubs to sell beer, Georgia could become like Mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market. By Nancy Badertscher• April 2, 2015 Rita Harris stated on December 14, 2022 in a press release: Florida Senate Bill 2A does not provide "immediate relief" to homeowners dealing with high property insurance rates and "will force some … constituents to pay up to 20% more." By Yacob Reyes• December 19, 2022 David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." By Robert Farley• July 15, 2010 Steve Cannon stated on August 24, 2015 in press release: Buying the naming rights to the new Falcons stadium is the largest marketing deal in Mercedes-Benz history. By Nancy Badertscher• August 27, 2015 Mike Pence stated on November 05, 2009 in a press release: "As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent." By Robert Farley• November 6, 2009 Charles Schumer stated on July 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down." By Louis Jacobson• July 25, 2017 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “Coca-Cola has lost $4 bil in market value as people are boycotting Coke for their ‘try to be less White’ statement.” By Emily Tian• July 23, 2021 Articles (845) Making 'disruption' equal 'destruction' By John Frank• November 13, 2007 How Donald Trump, Barack Obama compare on the stock market By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2018 How the coronavirus shook the stock market, explained By Bill McCarthy• March 10, 2020 Donald Trump says he doesn't invest in the stock market. Here's his portfolio By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2016 Is Iowa Obamacare’s canary in the coal mine? Not really. By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2017 What is the bond market, and why is it so important for the economy? By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2025 What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs By Louis Jacobson• April 7, 2025 Ad Watch: Will Obamacare raise your health insurance premiums? By Nancy Madsen• July 16, 2013 PolitiFact Sheet: Understanding Ted Cruz’s health care amendment and pre-existing conditions By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2017 McCain's 'warning' on Fannie & Freddie By Adriel Bettelheim• September 17, 2008 The big picture: Where Obamacare stands, August 2017 By Jon Greenberg• August 17, 2017 Sports betting in the US: Where do states stand? By Samantha Putterman• January 31, 2020 Red light on ‘greenwashing’? US regulatory agency takes fresh look at deceptive climate claims By Tom Kertscher• July 17, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Why are gas prices going up? By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• March 9, 2022 PolitiFact named top news site By Bill Adair• February 25, 2008 Critics accuse President Donald Trump of insider trading. Experts say that’s a stretch. By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2025 Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit By Julie Appleby• December 11, 2025 Joe Biden’s release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: What you need to know By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2021 Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly By Sara Swann• November 18, 2022 Testing Mitt Romney on the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2011
Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House." By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2015 Charles Payne stated on June 17, 2019 in a TV appearance: "When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street." By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2019 Jeff Bezos stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing: “The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.” By Emily Venezky• August 6, 2020 Bill Nelson stated on April 15, 2012 in an op-ed in POLITICO: At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years." By Katie Sanders• April 24, 2012 Sherrod Brown stated on March 23, 2012 in a news release: Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump." By Peter Krouse• May 2, 2012 Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump." By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2024 Senate Republican Conference stated on March 21, 2012 in a web video: Says that while President Barack Obama promised to "work with your employer to lower your premiums by $2,500 per family per year," his health care law "raises premiums in the individual market by $2,100 per family." By Louis Jacobson• March 26, 2012 Rudy Giuliani stated on October 09, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.: ''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.'' By John Frank• November 13, 2007 Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt." By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2017 Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference: Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record." By Tom Kertscher• March 19, 2020 Donald Verrilli stated on March 27, 2012 in a Supreme Court hearing on health care law: Says when New Jersey adopted guaranteed coverage and cost provisions without a mandate individual health insurance market rates "doubled or tripled" and enrollment dropped from 180,000 people to 80,000 people. By Erin O'Neill• April 4, 2012 Hillary Clinton stated on May 04, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper: "The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt." By Lauren Carroll• May 10, 2016 Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2014 in a Facebook graphic: "There is no state in the U.S. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment." By Steve Contorno• September 18, 2014 Martin Smith stated on March 23, 2015 in subcommittee hearing: By allowing brewpubs to sell beer, Georgia could become like Mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market. By Nancy Badertscher• April 2, 2015 Rita Harris stated on December 14, 2022 in a press release: Florida Senate Bill 2A does not provide "immediate relief" to homeowners dealing with high property insurance rates and "will force some … constituents to pay up to 20% more." By Yacob Reyes• December 19, 2022 David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." By Robert Farley• July 15, 2010 Steve Cannon stated on August 24, 2015 in press release: Buying the naming rights to the new Falcons stadium is the largest marketing deal in Mercedes-Benz history. By Nancy Badertscher• August 27, 2015 Mike Pence stated on November 05, 2009 in a press release: "As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent." By Robert Farley• November 6, 2009 Charles Schumer stated on July 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down." By Louis Jacobson• July 25, 2017 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2021 in a post on Facebook: “Coca-Cola has lost $4 bil in market value as people are boycotting Coke for their ‘try to be less White’ statement.” By Emily Tian• July 23, 2021
Making 'disruption' equal 'destruction' By John Frank• November 13, 2007 How Donald Trump, Barack Obama compare on the stock market By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2018 How the coronavirus shook the stock market, explained By Bill McCarthy• March 10, 2020 Donald Trump says he doesn't invest in the stock market. Here's his portfolio By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2016 Is Iowa Obamacare’s canary in the coal mine? Not really. By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2017 What is the bond market, and why is it so important for the economy? By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2025 What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs By Louis Jacobson• April 7, 2025 Ad Watch: Will Obamacare raise your health insurance premiums? By Nancy Madsen• July 16, 2013 PolitiFact Sheet: Understanding Ted Cruz’s health care amendment and pre-existing conditions By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2017 McCain's 'warning' on Fannie & Freddie By Adriel Bettelheim• September 17, 2008 The big picture: Where Obamacare stands, August 2017 By Jon Greenberg• August 17, 2017 Sports betting in the US: Where do states stand? By Samantha Putterman• January 31, 2020 Red light on ‘greenwashing’? US regulatory agency takes fresh look at deceptive climate claims By Tom Kertscher• July 17, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Why are gas prices going up? By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• March 9, 2022 PolitiFact named top news site By Bill Adair• February 25, 2008 Critics accuse President Donald Trump of insider trading. Experts say that’s a stretch. By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2025 Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit By Julie Appleby• December 11, 2025 Joe Biden’s release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: What you need to know By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2021 Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly By Sara Swann• November 18, 2022 Testing Mitt Romney on the Truth-O-Meter By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2011
