Latest Fact-checks by Louis Jacobson Bernie Sanders stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.” Instagram posts stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media: “Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states. Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. Kamala Harris stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.: Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.” Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad: Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.” Jon Tester stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X: “In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.” Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook: “Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote. Threads posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post: The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs. Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall: "As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half." Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad: Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate: “There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.” Joyce Craig stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV: Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.” Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000." Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.” Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2024 in a Senate debate: “Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.” Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.” Tim Sheehy stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants." Kamala Harris stated on September 25, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: “Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.” Tim Sheehy stated on September 10, 2024 in an op-ed: Jon Tester “supported slashing Social Security benefits” Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in in Bethlehem, Pa.: “Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.” Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2024 in a TV ad: “Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse. Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.: “The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.” Kamala Harris stated on September 12, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: Former President Donald Trump “started out with $400 million on a silver platter and then filed for bankruptcy six times.” Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.” Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2024 in a rally in Las Vegas: Vice President Kamala Harris is “talking about bringing back the draft.” Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post: The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!” Jon Tester stated on September 8, 2024 in a Facebook ad: Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”
Bernie Sanders stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.” Instagram posts stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media: “Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states. Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. Kamala Harris stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.: Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.” Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad: Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.” Jon Tester stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X: “In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.” Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook: “Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote. Threads posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post: The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs. Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall: "As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half." Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad: Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate: “There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.” Joyce Craig stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV: Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.” Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000." Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.” Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2024 in a Senate debate: “Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.” Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.” Tim Sheehy stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants." Kamala Harris stated on September 25, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: “Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.” Tim Sheehy stated on September 10, 2024 in an op-ed: Jon Tester “supported slashing Social Security benefits” Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in in Bethlehem, Pa.: “Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.” Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2024 in a TV ad: “Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse. Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.: “The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.” Kamala Harris stated on September 12, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: Former President Donald Trump “started out with $400 million on a silver platter and then filed for bankruptcy six times.” Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.” Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2024 in a rally in Las Vegas: Vice President Kamala Harris is “talking about bringing back the draft.” Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post: The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!” Jon Tester stated on September 8, 2024 in a Facebook ad: Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”
Bernie Sanders stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
Instagram posts stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media: “Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states.
Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.
Kamala Harris stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.: Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.”
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad: Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.”
Jon Tester stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X: “In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.”
Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook: “Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote.
Threads posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post: The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs.
Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall: "As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."
Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad: Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.”
Kelly Ayotte stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate: “There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.”
Joyce Craig stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV: Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.”
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000."
Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2024 in a Senate debate: “Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."
New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”
Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”
Tim Sheehy stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: U.S. Sen. Jon Tester “voted to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants."
Kamala Harris stated on September 25, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: “Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”
Tim Sheehy stated on September 10, 2024 in an op-ed: Jon Tester “supported slashing Social Security benefits”
Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in in Bethlehem, Pa.: “Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.”
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2024 in a TV ad: “Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.
Tim Walz stated on September 21, 2024 in an event in Bethlehem, Pa.: “The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”
Kamala Harris stated on September 12, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina: Former President Donald Trump “started out with $400 million on a silver platter and then filed for bankruptcy six times.”
Jon Tester stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad: “Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.”
Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2024 in a rally in Las Vegas: Vice President Kamala Harris is “talking about bringing back the draft.”
Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post: The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!”
Jon Tester stated on September 8, 2024 in a Facebook ad: Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”