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Latest Fact-Checks In Wealth

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Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 in a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton’s plan “would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent.”
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2016
Anthony Weiner
stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
“We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he’s a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money.”
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
“The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.”
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll, Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2016
Mark Warner
stated on June 19, 2016 in a radio interview.:
“The average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the ’60s was eight years. Now, the average time is four months.” 
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 6, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on May 14, 2016 in a fundraising email by campaign manager:
“While Rob Portman relies on his super PAC and a handful of billionaires to do his dirty work, we don’t have a super PAC, and quite frankly, we don’t want one that spends millions to spew out lies and distortions.”
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • May 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:
“In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash.”
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn’t paid a penny in taxes.”
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016
Jennifer Shilling
stated on May 11, 2016 in a teleconference:
Under Donald Trump’s tax plan, “the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers — people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average —  would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined.”
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 in a campaign rally.:
“The Walton family of Walmart … This one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people.”
True
By Sean Gorman • March 14, 2016
Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on February 16, 2016 in a press release:
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a “billionaire.”
False
By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2016
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 2, 2015 in a Facebook post:
“If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund … he’d have $8 billion.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2015
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 in a radio show.:
“Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C.”
True
By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 14, 2015 in a speech.:
“The top 1/10th of 1 percent today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.”
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2015
Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 in his year-in-review speech:
“Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription.”
True
By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 1, 2015 in a speech:
“The top one-tenth of 1 percent” of Americans “own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 29, 2015
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a written statement.:
“The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries,” after taxes and transfers.
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015
Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a news release.:
“Income disparities in the United States are the worst since the 1920s.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2015
Greg Abbott
stated on June 12, 2015 in a press release:
A Texas law “will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas.”
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2015 in a campaign rally speech:
“The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America’s kindergarten teachers combined.”
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015
Glenn Beck
stated on May 13, 2015 in a segment on his radio show:
Says Hillary Clinton “makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average CEO does in a year.”
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2015
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