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Search results for "Inflation is 40 higher than when Trump came in office"

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Donald Trump stated on February 09, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:
Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”
By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2024
Donald Trump stated on September 07, 2024 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.:
Vice President Kamala Harris “cast the tiebreaking votes that caused the worst inflation in American history, costing a typical American family $28,000.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2024
Scott Bessent stated on October 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Overall, the inflation since President Trump” took office “has come down."
By Louis Jacobson• October 29, 2025
Mike Gallagher stated on April 12, 2022 in News release:
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
By Laura Schulte• April 22, 2022
Donald Trump stated on May 04, 2026 in a White House event:
“Consumer confidence is way up."
By Louis Jacobson• May 6, 2026
Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2025 in an exchange with reporters in the White House:
The U.S. currently has “no inflation.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2025
Karine Jean-Pierre stated on June 13, 2022 in a press briefing:
When Joe Biden “walked into this administration … 20 million people were on unemployment insurance benefits.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2022
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
Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2024
Donald Trump stated on August 02, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week":
Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans.
By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2015
Jeb Bush stated on June 30, 2015 in a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns:
Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.  
By Amy Sherman• July 9, 2015
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2024 in a TV ad:
“Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.
By Louis Jacobson, Caleb McCullough• September 25, 2024
Shelley Moore Capito stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on X:
“#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”
By Sophia Bookwood• October 5, 2023
Brian Kemp stated on May 10, 2022 in an ad:
"David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof."
By Tom Kertscher• May 19, 2022
Virginia First Foundation stated on September 27, 2016 in a web video.:
"The Virginia population increased by just 8 percent from 2005 to 2015, but the per capita spending in the budget increased by a whopping 38 percent."  
By Sean Gorman• October 3, 2016
Joe Biden stated on June 16, 2022 in an interview with the Associated Press:
“In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2022
Jane Timken stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing."
By Jon Greenberg• April 20, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2021 in social media posts:
“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• May 26, 2021
Americans for Prosperity Action stated on September 04, 2024 in a Meta ad:
The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.”
By Caleb McCullough• September 26, 2024
Chris Koster stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune:
"Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent."    
By Adam Aton• October 23, 2015

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By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2024

Fact-checking Ted Cruz's 'Real State of the Union'

By Nusaiba Mizan• March 17, 2022

GOP leaders are proposing tax cuts. Could that drive inflation?

By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2022

Ad Watch: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing economic arguments

By Louis Jacobson• October 29, 2024

Day 2 of the New Hampshire GOP summit, fact-checked

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 15, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: Fact-checking Harris, Trump’s AARP interviews

By Louis Jacobson• October 6, 2024

The state of the US economy under Joe Biden, in 15 charts

By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2023

Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden

By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2024

Comparing economic performance for Latinos under Trump, Biden

By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2024

Fact-checking President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day speeches

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 20, 2025

Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 9, 2023

Fact-checking Donald Trump on inflation rate at State of the Union

By Louis Jacobson• February 25, 2026

Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• November 16, 2022

Tim Kaine on PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter

By Neelesh Moorthy• July 27, 2016

2024 RNC fact-check: Trump appears with Vance, allies talk economy on Day 1

By Louis Jacobson• July 16, 2024

Fact-checking Hillary Clinton's running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine

By Neelesh Moorthy• July 23, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump on his economy and Joe Biden’s

By Louis Jacobson• August 21, 2023

Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address

By PolitiFact Staff • February 8, 2023

Republicans use sleight of hand to blame Inflation Reduction Act for boosting prices

By Louis Jacobson• September 25, 2024

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