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Latest Fact-Checks On Dave Brat

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Dave Brat
stated on October 21, 2018 in a radio interview.:
On Abigail Spanberger: “She got $2.2 million from ActBlue…That is the George Soros resistance group.”  
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2018
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2018 in Facebook post.:
Abigail Spanberger “wants a tax increase of $32 trillion – that’s with a `T,’ to pay for her socialist health care plan.”  
False
By Warren Fiske • October 23, 2018
Dave Brat
stated on September 7, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
“So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it’s 3 or 4 million, right?”  
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Dave Brat
stated on June 29, 2016 in a podcast.:
“A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar.”
False
By Warren Fiske • August 2, 2016
Dave Brat
stated on May 24, 2016 in Facebook post.:
“The labor force participation rate — the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work– currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s.”
True
By Sean Gorman • June 13, 2016
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press":
Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference “for voting our conscience.”     
False
By Linda Qiu • October 11, 2015
Dave Brat
stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.:
“I was one of the few, very few, who voted `no’ on the Iran deal.”
False
By Warren Fiske • August 31, 2015
Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 in a Facebook post:
“In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015
Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 in a written statement.:
Repealing Obamacare saves “our nation more than $2 trillion.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 13, 2015
Dave Brat
stated on March 17, 2015 in a news release.:
“Since President Obama took office in January 2009, the federal government has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations.”
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • March 30, 2015
Dave Brat
stated on February 16, 2015 in a Facebook post.:
“…Over 30 years, federal spending on education has grown by 375 percent, but test scores remain flat.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • March 2, 2015
Dave Brat
stated on October 15, 2014 in a speech.:
“I’ll be the only economist in the (U.S.) House.”
True
By Sean Gorman • November 9, 2014
Dave Brat
stated on October 28, 2014 in a debate:
“In K-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world — at the bottom.”
False
By Nancy Madsen • November 2, 2014
Dave Brat
stated on May 9, 2014 in a radio ad.:
Eric Cantor “voted to fully fund Obamacare in October.”
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2014