Latest Mostly True Fact-checks Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.” Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.” Eric Ager stated on October 24, 2023 in a speech on the house floor: “This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.” Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.” Rachael Cabral-Guevara, stated on October 18, 2023 in Public hearing: Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care. MAGA Inc stated on October 28, 2023 in a TV ad in Iowa: Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.” Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.: China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.” Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker: “In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.” Chris Christie stated on October 18, 2023 in an interview: “In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand." Jim Justice stated on August 14, 2023 in a post on X: "Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER." West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X: “Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.” George Zimmerman stated on July 11, 2023 in an interview with the Daily Athenaeum: “The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.” 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%.” Joe Manchin stated on September 2, 2023 in a post on X: “Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.” West Virginia University Faculty Senate stated on September 9, 2023 in a no-confidence resolution: During E. Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased." Jim Justice stated on August 24, 2023 in a post on X: “Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.” Joe Biden stated on August 24, 2023 in a campaign ad: Since Joe Biden “has taken office, unemployment in our (Latino) community has been cut in half." Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.” LaKeshia Myers stated on June 6, 2023 in News release: During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.” Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies." Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.” Bernie Sanders stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.: “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.” Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat: “The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.” Kamala Harris stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.” Joe Biden stated on June 28, 2023 in a speech in Chicago: Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.” Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” Gavin Newsom stated on June 12, 2023 in a TV interview: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.” Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.” Chris Christie stated on June 6, 2023 in campaign announcement speech: Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.” Pramila Jayapal stated on May 28, 2023 in in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”: The average amount of assistance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is $6 a day.
Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.” Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.” Eric Ager stated on October 24, 2023 in a speech on the house floor: “This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.” Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.” Rachael Cabral-Guevara, stated on October 18, 2023 in Public hearing: Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care. MAGA Inc stated on October 28, 2023 in a TV ad in Iowa: Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.” Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.: China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.” Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker: “In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.” Chris Christie stated on October 18, 2023 in an interview: “In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand." Jim Justice stated on August 14, 2023 in a post on X: "Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER." West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X: “Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.” George Zimmerman stated on July 11, 2023 in an interview with the Daily Athenaeum: “The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.” 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%.” Joe Manchin stated on September 2, 2023 in a post on X: “Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.” West Virginia University Faculty Senate stated on September 9, 2023 in a no-confidence resolution: During E. Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased." Jim Justice stated on August 24, 2023 in a post on X: “Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.” Joe Biden stated on August 24, 2023 in a campaign ad: Since Joe Biden “has taken office, unemployment in our (Latino) community has been cut in half." Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.” LaKeshia Myers stated on June 6, 2023 in News release: During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.” Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies." Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.” Bernie Sanders stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.: “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.” Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat: “The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.” Kamala Harris stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.” Joe Biden stated on June 28, 2023 in a speech in Chicago: Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.” Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.” Gavin Newsom stated on June 12, 2023 in a TV interview: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.” Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.” Chris Christie stated on June 6, 2023 in campaign announcement speech: Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.” Pramila Jayapal stated on May 28, 2023 in in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”: The average amount of assistance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is $6 a day.
Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
Joe Biden stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House: “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
Eric Ager stated on October 24, 2023 in a speech on the house floor: “This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.”
Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
Rachael Cabral-Guevara, stated on October 18, 2023 in Public hearing: Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care.
MAGA Inc stated on October 28, 2023 in a TV ad in Iowa: Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”
Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.: China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”
Mike Johnson stated on October 25, 2023 in his acceptance speech as speaker: “In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”
Chris Christie stated on October 18, 2023 in an interview: “In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand."
Jim Justice stated on August 14, 2023 in a post on X: "Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER."
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X: “Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
George Zimmerman stated on July 11, 2023 in an interview with the Daily Athenaeum: “The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.”
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%.”
Joe Manchin stated on September 2, 2023 in a post on X: “Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.”
West Virginia University Faculty Senate stated on September 9, 2023 in a no-confidence resolution: During E. Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."
Jim Justice stated on August 24, 2023 in a post on X: “Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.”
Joe Biden stated on August 24, 2023 in a campaign ad: Since Joe Biden “has taken office, unemployment in our (Latino) community has been cut in half."
Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
LaKeshia Myers stated on June 6, 2023 in News release: During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.”
Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies."
Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House: “According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to seniors.”
Bernie Sanders stated on July 19, 2023 in a press release.: “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to wait months to be seen.”
Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat: “The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
Joe Biden stated on June 28, 2023 in a speech in Chicago: Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.”
Nick LaLota stated on March 29, 2023 in a press release: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
Gavin Newsom stated on June 12, 2023 in a TV interview: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.”
Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”
Chris Christie stated on June 6, 2023 in campaign announcement speech: Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”
Pramila Jayapal stated on May 28, 2023 in in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”: The average amount of assistance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is $6 a day.