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PolitiFactEconomy & business
The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Washington PostEconomy & business
“The past debt ceiling paid for everything in the Trump administration, plus seven months of this Biden administration.”
Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios
Washington PostEconomy & business
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opposed my China tariffs — the ones where I gave farmers $28 billion.
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive."
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“On average, 17% of a family’s income goes towards childcare in Wisconsin.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
FactStreamEconomy & business
"After years and years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."
Publisher’s rating: I mean, probably?
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Biden gave Americans “the cheapest gas prices on Earth.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work. Now the — that number is under 1.6 million."
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
PolitiFactEconomy & business
“Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Washington PostEconomy & business
“I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios
PolitiFactEconomy & business
"Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactEconomy & business
Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven."
Publisher’s rating: True
![Image accompanying "When you look at that package [American Rescue Plan Act], we know that the result of that package is going to be middle-class tax increases.”](https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/liz-cheney.png)
FactCheck.orgEconomy & business
"When you look at that package [American Rescue Plan Act], we know that the result of that package is going to be middle-class tax increases.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
فکتنامهEconomy & business
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Publisher’s rating: Rating unavailable