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Greg Murphy stated on January 16, 2022 in a tweet:
“The Dems demand a photo ID to get a cheeseburger.”
By Paul Specht• February 3, 2022
Kamala Harris stated on October 28, 2023 in an interview with CBS News:
“Because of our economic policies we now are reducing inflation.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 3, 2023
X posts stated on June 02, 2025 in an X post:
Target “opts out of Pride month and replaced its Pride collection with an America First Summer display.”
By Gabrielle Lazor• June 6, 2025
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium:
Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."  
By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2019
Barack Obama stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:
"Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up."  
By Louis Jacobson• January 26, 2011
Claire McCaskill stated on April 05, 2017 in a news release:
"Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses."
By Austin Hough• May 30, 2017
Marie Newman stated on April 24, 2019 in a radio interview:
"We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• April 28, 2019
Sarah Palin stated on November 07, 2010 in a prepared speech:
Grocery prices "have risen significantly over the past year or so."
By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2010
Mark Warner stated on September 29, 2014 in :
On opposing legislation that would take away existing health care plans.
By Warren Fiske, Nancy Madsen• September 29, 2014
Donald Trump stated on December 08, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.
By PolitiFact Staff • December 8, 2021
Matt Walsh stated on May 17, 2023 in a Facebook video:
“Tuck-friendly” bathing suits at Target “are available in kids’ sizes.”
By Sara Swann• May 23, 2023
Chris Collins stated on April 28, 2017 in an interview with Bloomberg:
Farmers "are now dumping milk into the ditches" because of a trade dispute with Canada
By Dan Clark• May 18, 2017
Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity:
“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
By Louis Jacobson• September 28, 2023
Barack Obama stated on October 01, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
By Jon Greenberg• October 9, 2012
Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post:
“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
By Lawrence Andrea• November 1, 2022
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on June 16, 2011 in a speech in the U.S. Senate:
"Some criminals have learned how to spy on Americans, hacking into our home computers and looking out through the video camera attached to the screen."
By Richard Salit• July 17, 2011
Van Jones stated on July 07, 2016 in a panel discussion on CNN:
African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 13, 2016
X posts stated on April 10, 2020 in a Twitter post:
“Per order from @GovWhitmer, people in Michigan are now banned from purchasing a new baby car seat in stores.”
By Madison Czopek• April 17, 2020
Elise Stefanik stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview:
“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• February 23, 2024
Beto O'Rourke stated on October 16, 2019 in an interview:
"To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns."
By Tom Kertscher• October 21, 2019

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2008

Fact-checking claims about social justice, children

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 3, 2014

What is the bond market, and why is it so important for the economy?

By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2025

Unpacking the home mortgage plans

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 26, 2008

Fact-checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa

By Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• April 13, 2022

Francis says Raleigh rebuilding City Hall because mayor wants 'nicer office.' That's misleading

By Paul Specht• November 7, 2017

5 fact-checks about foreign trade, TPP, and China

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 12, 2016

Chris Christie's "Comeback" scorecard

By Erin O'Neill, Caryn Shinske, Bill Wichert• August 26, 2012

How big is the threat of inflation in the post-pandemic era?

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher• May 13, 2021

Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit

By Julie Appleby• December 11, 2025

How could reopenings, protests affect coronavirus infections?

By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2020

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

Fact-checking claims about the economy in 2014

By Louis Jacobson• December 30, 2014

John Boehner and the state of the economy

By Tom Feran• February 14, 2012

Rick Scott's 2015 State of the State speech annotated

By Joshua Gillin, Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• March 3, 2015

Inaccurate data used to show cost-of-living increases between Trump and Biden presidencies

By Sofia Ahmed• April 5, 2024

Hits and misses at the final GOP debate

By Warren Fiske• May 26, 2012

No, really -- it's True

By Tom Kertscher• June 8, 2015

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

By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2023

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

By Nusaiba Mizan• March 17, 2022