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Latest Fact-Checks In Small Business

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Steve Robinson
stated on June 5, 2026 in Fox News “The Ingraham Angle”:
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Graham Planter’s “oyster business (is) totally fake.”
False
By Ben Brasch • June 16, 2026
David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 in Public appearance:
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024
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.
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • November 7, 2023
Kamala Harris
stated on April 21, 2023 in an interview with Noticias Telemundo:
“Latino small businesses are 1 in 4 new businesses, but only 1% of venture capital funding goes to Latino businesses.”
Mostly True
By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 16, 2023
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech:
“Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor.”
Half-True
By Aarón Torres • March 20, 2023
Tony Evers
stated on July 24, 2022 in TV interview:
“We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal…
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 16, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 4, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Lauren Boebert received a PPP loan for her restaurant.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 12, 2021
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC:
“Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed.”
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 7, 2021
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Roger Williams
stated on October 18, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Texas has “lower taxes and less regulations than anywhere else in the U.S.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • October 23, 2020
Kamala Harris
stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview:
“Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
John James
stated on August 26, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is “known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 in a campaign video:
There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • July 24, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on May 20, 2020 in a virtual town hall:
“40% of the initial small business funds didn’t go to small businesses at all.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • May 26, 2020
Lincoln Project
stated on May 5, 2020 in an ad:
“Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2020
Viral image
stated on April 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Pick up a product. Look at the barcode. If the first 3 numbers are 690 or 691 or 692, the product was made in China.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • April 23, 2020
Dale Kooyenga
stated on December 13, 2019 in an email:
Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make “many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Mike Parson
stated on September 8, 2019 in a campaign announcement:
“Wages are on the rise — in fact we were the top small-business wage growth state in the nation.”
Mostly True
By Joe Noser • October 31, 2019
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