Latest Mostly True Fact-checks on Charles Schumer Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Charles Schumer stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.” Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.” Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release: Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program. Charles Schumer stated on May 25, 2022 in a floor speech: “The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.” Charles Schumer stated on March 1, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people." Charles Schumer stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid." Charles Schumer stated on June 14, 2016 in a news conference: Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm." Charles Schumer stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points." Charles Schumer stated on July 27, 2010 in a press conference: "Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it."
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Charles Schumer stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.” Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.” Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release: Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program. Charles Schumer stated on May 25, 2022 in a floor speech: “The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.” Charles Schumer stated on March 1, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people." Charles Schumer stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid." Charles Schumer stated on June 14, 2016 in a news conference: Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm." Charles Schumer stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points." Charles Schumer stated on July 27, 2010 in a press conference: "Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it."
Charles Schumer stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.”
Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release: “TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”
Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release: Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.
Charles Schumer stated on May 25, 2022 in a floor speech: “The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.”
Charles Schumer stated on March 1, 2017 in a Senate floor speech: "In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."
Charles Schumer stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Charles Schumer stated on June 14, 2016 in a news conference: Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Charles Schumer stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points."
Charles Schumer stated on July 27, 2010 in a press conference: "Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it."