3 People 13314 Fact-checks 4889 Articles People (3) The Liberty Raise Vote No on 4 Yes on 4 Fact-checks (13314) Kevin McCarthy stated on February 09, 2021 in a press release: Raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.” By Chris Nichols• February 11, 2021 Mike Pence stated on October 04, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: Says Tim Kaine "actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion." By Warren Fiske• October 5, 2016 Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech.: In first week as governor, Tim Kaine "proposed a nearly $4 billion tax increase, $4 billion, including a tax increase on people earning as little as $17,000 a year." By Sean Gorman• July 28, 2016 George Allen stated on April 05, 2011 in an e-mail.: Tim Kaine proposed "over $6 billion in tax increases from the time he entered the governor’s mansion until the time he left." By Jacob Geiger• April 16, 2011 Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now." By Joshua Gillin• August 26, 2016 Alex Sink stated on January 06, 2010 in response to questions about fundraising totals: "No Democratic campaign for (Fla.) governor has ever had these kinds of resources this early on in an election cycle." By Aaron Sharockman• January 15, 2010 Xavier Becerra stated on May 19, 2013 in a comment on 'Meet the Press': "We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns." By Jon Greenberg• May 22, 2013 Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 31, 2016 Chris Collins stated on February 27, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month." By Dan Clark• March 9, 2018 Nik Kovac stated on September 30, 2014 in a TV interview: Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises." By Dave Umhoefer• October 9, 2014 Marco Rubio stated on March 30, 2011 in an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal': To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties "borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with today's $14 trillion debt." By Laura Figueroa• April 15, 2011 Joseph Kyrillos stated on June 06, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven’t raised any Wall Street money at all." By Bill Wichert• June 14, 2012 Democratic Party of Virginia stated on April 04, 2022 in a news release.: “The proposed (Virginia) House budget cuts hundreds of millions in funding for public education…” By Warren Fiske• April 12, 2022 National Republican Congressional Committee stated on August 10, 2016 in a blog post on the NRCC website: Tom Suozzi raised taxes "by hundreds of millions of dollars" as Nassau County executive. By Dan Clark• September 23, 2016 Chris Redfern stated on May 04, 2011 in a radio interview: "The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor." By Mark Naymik• May 17, 2011 Troy Balderson stated on September 06, 2018 in a news story: Says Ohio congressional candidate Danny O’Connor has raised "90 percent of his campaign funds from liberal out of staters." By Samantha Putterman• September 25, 2018 Taxpayer Association of Oregon stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign mailer: Says "Richard Devlin raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day." By Janie Har• October 30, 2010 Alex Castellanos stated on September 04, 2016 in a panel on Meet the Press: "The Clinton Foundation gives less than 10 (percent in direct aid). In 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid." By Linda Qiu• September 6, 2016 John Kasich stated on October 04, 2010 in a news conference: "(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million." By Reginald Fields• October 13, 2010 National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad: Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.” By Paul Specht• August 13, 2020 Articles (4889) Trump vs. Biden: An updated look at the money race By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2020 What a GOP ad omits about Democrats’ spending proposal By Amy Sherman• October 21, 2021 A quick take on the Allen Kaine debate: By Warren Fiske, Nancy Madsen• July 22, 2012 Fact-checking the ad about Obama's promises By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 18, 2012 Fact-checking the new Crossroads GPS ad By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 17, 2012 A look at some familiar attacks from recycled ads By James B. Nelson• April 1, 2012 Fact checking the Milwaukee GOP debate By Tom Kertscher• November 11, 2015 Our September High Five: Top three items were rated True By Tom Kertscher• October 1, 2014 Campaign finance: Deal or no deal? By Amy Hollyfield• March 4, 2008 Most of Virginia congressmen have backed debt limit increases By Warren Fiske• May 17, 2011 Return of the tax attack chain e-mail! By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 4, 2008 A look at some familiar campaign attack ads By Martha M. Hamilton, James B. Nelson• April 2, 2012 Claims we've rated in the Milwaukee County executive race By James B. Nelson• April 4, 2016 Ultraviolet attacks Chris Christie on women's issues By Keely Herring• July 13, 2015 High Five: Trumpcare vs Obamacare By Tom Kertscher• April 7, 2017 Arkansas' retirement rage, Pumpkin Festival terrorists, Scott Walker: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• August 21, 2014 Ad Watch: Will Obamacare raise your health insurance premiums? By Nancy Madsen• July 16, 2013 Dewhurst bests Cruz -- in most popular fact checks By W. Gardner Selby• June 3, 2014 2 big races in Milwaukee By Tom Kertscher• January 4, 2016 5,000! By Bill Adair• February 24, 2012
Kevin McCarthy stated on February 09, 2021 in a press release: Raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.” By Chris Nichols• February 11, 2021 Mike Pence stated on October 04, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate: Says Tim Kaine "actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion." By Warren Fiske• October 5, 2016 Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech.: In first week as governor, Tim Kaine "proposed a nearly $4 billion tax increase, $4 billion, including a tax increase on people earning as little as $17,000 a year." By Sean Gorman• July 28, 2016 George Allen stated on April 05, 2011 in an e-mail.: Tim Kaine proposed "over $6 billion in tax increases from the time he entered the governor’s mansion until the time he left." By Jacob Geiger• April 16, 2011 Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now." By Joshua Gillin• August 26, 2016 Alex Sink stated on January 06, 2010 in response to questions about fundraising totals: "No Democratic campaign for (Fla.) governor has ever had these kinds of resources this early on in an election cycle." By Aaron Sharockman• January 15, 2010 Xavier Becerra stated on May 19, 2013 in a comment on 'Meet the Press': "We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns." By Jon Greenberg• May 22, 2013 Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 31, 2016 Chris Collins stated on February 27, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month." By Dan Clark• March 9, 2018 Nik Kovac stated on September 30, 2014 in a TV interview: Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises." By Dave Umhoefer• October 9, 2014 Marco Rubio stated on March 30, 2011 in an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal': To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties "borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with today's $14 trillion debt." By Laura Figueroa• April 15, 2011 Joseph Kyrillos stated on June 06, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven’t raised any Wall Street money at all." By Bill Wichert• June 14, 2012 Democratic Party of Virginia stated on April 04, 2022 in a news release.: “The proposed (Virginia) House budget cuts hundreds of millions in funding for public education…” By Warren Fiske• April 12, 2022 National Republican Congressional Committee stated on August 10, 2016 in a blog post on the NRCC website: Tom Suozzi raised taxes "by hundreds of millions of dollars" as Nassau County executive. By Dan Clark• September 23, 2016 Chris Redfern stated on May 04, 2011 in a radio interview: "The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor." By Mark Naymik• May 17, 2011 Troy Balderson stated on September 06, 2018 in a news story: Says Ohio congressional candidate Danny O’Connor has raised "90 percent of his campaign funds from liberal out of staters." By Samantha Putterman• September 25, 2018 Taxpayer Association of Oregon stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign mailer: Says "Richard Devlin raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day." By Janie Har• October 30, 2010 Alex Castellanos stated on September 04, 2016 in a panel on Meet the Press: "The Clinton Foundation gives less than 10 (percent in direct aid). In 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid." By Linda Qiu• September 6, 2016 John Kasich stated on October 04, 2010 in a news conference: "(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million." By Reginald Fields• October 13, 2010 National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad: Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.” By Paul Specht• August 13, 2020
Trump vs. Biden: An updated look at the money race By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2020 What a GOP ad omits about Democrats’ spending proposal By Amy Sherman• October 21, 2021 A quick take on the Allen Kaine debate: By Warren Fiske, Nancy Madsen• July 22, 2012 Fact-checking the ad about Obama's promises By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 18, 2012 Fact-checking the new Crossroads GPS ad By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 17, 2012 A look at some familiar attacks from recycled ads By James B. Nelson• April 1, 2012 Fact checking the Milwaukee GOP debate By Tom Kertscher• November 11, 2015 Our September High Five: Top three items were rated True By Tom Kertscher• October 1, 2014 Campaign finance: Deal or no deal? By Amy Hollyfield• March 4, 2008 Most of Virginia congressmen have backed debt limit increases By Warren Fiske• May 17, 2011 Return of the tax attack chain e-mail! By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 4, 2008 A look at some familiar campaign attack ads By Martha M. Hamilton, James B. Nelson• April 2, 2012 Claims we've rated in the Milwaukee County executive race By James B. Nelson• April 4, 2016 Ultraviolet attacks Chris Christie on women's issues By Keely Herring• July 13, 2015 High Five: Trumpcare vs Obamacare By Tom Kertscher• April 7, 2017 Arkansas' retirement rage, Pumpkin Festival terrorists, Scott Walker: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• August 21, 2014 Ad Watch: Will Obamacare raise your health insurance premiums? By Nancy Madsen• July 16, 2013 Dewhurst bests Cruz -- in most popular fact checks By W. Gardner Selby• June 3, 2014 2 big races in Milwaukee By Tom Kertscher• January 4, 2016 5,000! By Bill Adair• February 24, 2012
