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Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025

Tim Walz stated on August 14, 2024 in a speech in California:

Former President Donald Trump “cut overtime benefits for millions of workers.”

By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2024

Eileen Filler-Corn stated on January 15, 2019 in a floor speech.:

"There is no tax increase in the governor’s budget plan."

By Warren Fiske • January 29, 2019

House Majority PAC stated on October 9, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."

By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2018

Mark Pocan stated on March 20, 2017 in a video:

Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."

By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2017

Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2016 in remarks in Michigan:

The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."

By Lauren Carroll • August 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on July 14, 2016 in a speech.:

"I am the only candidate who ran in either primary who said, ‘I will not raise taxes on the middle class.’"

By Warren Fiske • July 23, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:

"While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on June 21, 2016 in a speech:

Says Donald Trump’s proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers "makes the current loophole even worse."

By Adam Thorp • July 1, 2016

Club for Growth stated on September 15, 2015 in a TV ad in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.

By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015

Jeb Bush stated on August 21, 2015 in a fundraising email:

"Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history."

By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2015

Dennis Moss stated on December 19, 2014 in in an interview with the "Miami Herald":

"When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike."

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2015

Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:

"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."

By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012

Jon Ossoff stated on June 27, 2026 in a campaign speech:

President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”

By Ben Brasch • July 16, 2026

Michael Lawler stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview:

“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 22, 2025

Viral image stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A Big Boy restaurant sign said Donald Trump "was right" when he "predicted if Biden was elected, you'd see $5, $6 and $7 gas."

By Bill McCarthy • June 16, 2022

Dan Patrick stated on April 16, 2019 in a press conference:

"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."

By Madlin Mekelburg • April 23, 2019

Kamala Harris stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."

By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019

Scott Walker stated on September 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."

By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018

Rod Blagojevich stated on May 28, 2018 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:

"I’m in prison for practicing politics."

By Bob Secter, John Chase • May 29, 2018

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By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2024

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