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NC True Conservatives PAC stated on January 20, 2026 in a video advertisement:

Says Sam Page “got busted calling Trump’s (immigration) plan unrealistic.”

By Paul Specht • February 25, 2026

Viral image stated on October 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi diverted "$2.4 billion from Social Security to cover impeachment costs."

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 11, 2019

Danny O'Connor stated on September 25, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson backs a "massive tax giveaway" for corporations "by slashing Medicare and Social Security."

By Stephen Koff • September 26, 2018

Hakeem Jeffries stated on April 29, 2018 in an interview on CNN:

President Donald Trump’s budget "threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"

By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on September 7, 2016 in a campaign website:

Says Patrick Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare."

By Joshua Gillin • September 8, 2016

Alan Grayson stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate:

Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."

By Joshua Gillin • April 28, 2016

Annette Taddeo stated on November 24, 2015 in a fundraising email:

Jeb Bush’s plan for Social Security is "disastrous for seniors and raises the retirement age to 70."

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • November 30, 2015

Henry Cuellar stated on July 16, 2014:

Says drug cartels are using social media to offer rebates so more children from Central America get smuggled to the United States.

By Nicole Chavez, W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2014

Charles Kuck stated on July 13, 2013 in an immigration forum:

A provision of the Senate immigration bill would require you to have government permission to get a second job.

By Janel Davis • July 30, 2013

Bloggers stated on June 21, 2013 in a meme on social media:

"There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2013

Jeanne Shaheen stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC’s Jansing and Co. :

Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.

By Jake Berry • December 10, 2012

Workers' Voice stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign flier:

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2012

Barack Obama stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio ad:

Says Paul Ryan "tried to change the whole game" for Social Security

By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2012

Rick Santorum stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2011

Rick Scott stated on February 23, 2011 in comments to employees at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.:

Says Florida's pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as Social Security.

By Aaron Sharockman • February 25, 2011

Charlie Crist stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.:

"I've also offered a plan that can help (fix Social Security) that's supported by Robert Reich, secretary of labor previously, in a previous administration."

By Aaron Sharockman • October 18, 2010

Ron Johnson stated on September 15, 2010 in campaign TV and radio ads:

Washington politicians "run Social Security like a Ponzi scheme."

By Cary Spivak • September 23, 2010

Harry Reid stated on June 12, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

"Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2010

Barack Obama stated on June 16, 2008 in Flint, Mich.:

"These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for."

By Alexander Lane • June 25, 2008

Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post:

Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025

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By Nadia Pflaum • July 14, 2016

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By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2013

Shacking up: Social Security & Ponzi schemes

By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2010

Democratic exaggerations about “privatizing Social Security”

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva • September 2, 2010

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By Caleb McCullough, Loreben Tuquero • August 11, 2026

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