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Search results for "Howard Lutnick is Commerce Secretary"

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Fact-checks (4180)

Howard Lutnick stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation":
Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 22, 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
Claudia Tenney stated on January 16, 2026 in a post on X:
Said she has led the House effort to build a large Micron semiconductor facility near Syracuse.
By Andrew McGurl• February 13, 2026
Donald Trump stated on April 09, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
By Amy Sherman• April 9, 2025
Social Media stated on July 06, 2025 in a TikTok video:
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
By Louis Jacobson, Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• July 8, 2025
Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”
By Amy Sherman• May 13, 2025
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on June 13, 2011 in a news release:
Protesters "attacked" the group’s headquarters with "graffiti on the sidewalk" and "stenciled images … smeared on the building and statue."
By James B. Nelson• June 15, 2011
Joe Zepecki stated on June 23, 2014 in an interview:
The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.
By Tom Kertscher• July 6, 2014
Becky Moeller stated on February 17, 2012 in a press statement.:
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2012
Hugh Hewitt stated on July 20, 2016 in an MSNBC panel:
"A million Democrats deserted (Howard Dean’s) party and joined my party because of Donald Trump in Ohio this year."
By Nadia Pflaum• July 21, 2016
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on February 10, 2014 in a press release:
As state Commerce secretary, Mary Burke drafted, sponsored and promoted "budgets that raised taxes by billions, created high structural deficits and raided funds to finance huge spending hikes."
By Dave Umhoefer• February 19, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on February 04, 2014 in a news release:
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
By Tom Kertscher• February 14, 2014
Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
By Dave Umhoefer• June 26, 2014
Scott Walker stated on July 08, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"As Jim Doyle’s Commerce secretary, Mary Burke spent $12.5 million dollars to buy a vacant lot for a company that said it had no plans to create jobs in Wisconsin" and had laid off 800 workers.
By Dave Umhoefer• July 10, 2014
Josh Mandel stated on November 16, 2012 in an email to supporters:
"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
By Tom Feran• November 30, 2012
Mary Burke stated on October 07, 2013 in a video:
Says her actions as Wisconsin commerce secretary brought the state "84,000 more Wisconsin jobs than we have today."
By Dave Umhoefer• October 9, 2013
Scott Walker stated on September 14, 2014 in a campaign news release:
Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."
By Dave Umhoefer• September 17, 2014
Viral image stated on August 12, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
The daughter of a Donald Trump appointee posed as an El Paso shooting victim in a photo with the president.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2019
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on March 13, 2014 in a website ad:
Says Mary Burke's "2007-'09 state budget had a tax hike of $1.8 billion -- costing every man, woman and child in the state an extra $310."  
By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2014
Mary Burke stated on March 05, 2014 in a TV ad:
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "unemployment's up" from 4.8% to 6.2%  
By Tom Kertscher• March 7, 2014

Articles (1844)

Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 10, 2025

Year of the Lies: Farmer says some Trump tariff statements ‘as far from the truth as you can get’

By Amy Sherman• December 16, 2025

Fact-checking the Wisconsin state budget

By James B. Nelson• June 18, 2015

Trump propone pagos de $2,000 a todos los estadounidenses. ¿Es posible?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 12, 2025

A presidential decision: a Portuguese Water Dog

By Robert Farley• February 25, 2009

Some of the themes that will shape the governor's race

By Tom Kertscher• June 25, 2014

2020 Census citizenship question awaits Supreme Court review

By Miriam Valverde• April 1, 2019

Withdrawal of Gregg creates Truth-O-Meter dilemma

By Bill Adair• February 12, 2009

What you need to know about the Census’ citizenship question

By Miriam Valverde• March 28, 2018

Fact-checking 5 misleading claims about Helene relief efforts in North Carolina

By Paul Specht• October 5, 2024

UPDATED: Curious claims we heard at the Texas Tribune Festival

By W. Gardner Selby• October 18, 2015

Debate preview: What will Scott Walker and Mary Burke say?

By Tom Kertscher• October 10, 2014

A shift in Cuba policy

By Robert Farley• April 14, 2009

Fact-checking the GOP

By Tom Kertscher• May 1, 2014

It's EPA vs. U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate change

By Steve Contorno• May 30, 2014

Texas abortions down, no longer 80,000 a year

By W. Gardner Selby• July 10, 2013

Ad Watch: Donald Trump’s video about Joe Biden and China is rife with omission, deceptive editing

By Miriam Valverde• April 15, 2020

What do Wendy Davis, Rick Perry, Donna Howard and Jodie Laubenberg have in common?

By W. Gardner Selby• June 24, 2014

Mary Burke, so far

By Tom Kertscher• March 24, 2014

Fact-checking the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

By Becky Bowers• February 16, 2012