Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Analyses by independent groups found a much smaller hit on middle-income Americans from Biden’s plan, coming entirely from the indirect effects of a corporate tax hike. And those may be canceled out by proposed cuts.
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Trump is wrong about the job gains on his watch; the actual increase was 450,000 prior to the pandemic. Obama and Biden saw gains of 916,000 if you start counting with the recovery from the Great Recession.
Hugh Hewitt, Radio host
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
Donald Trump, President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden would raise taxes on corporations and people making over $400,000 a year.
Joe Biden, Democratic nominee for president of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The underlying numbers are basically right, but the time frame is too narrow.
Donald Trump Jr., Son of President Donald Trump
PolitiFact rated this: False
Eugene DePasquale, Auditor General of Pennsylvania and Democratic congressional candidate
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: It's possible that workers would need to repay the money, and Trump's comments, while incomplete, opened the door to terminating the payroll tax entirely.
Donald Trump, President
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: Too Soon to Tell
FactCheck.org says: That could happen for some individuals, but it remains to be seen how the orders will be implemented and whether they will result in such large reductions.
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: Experts see few gains
PolitiFact says: Whether Trump’s trade deals have been "great" is a matter of opinion, but a range of trade specialists told PolitiFact that Trump’s trade policy has, at a minimum, been less than successful.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: Trump has produced no evidence that $100 billion has been invested in opportunity zones and no support for his claim that it has created "countless jobs."
Donald Trump, President
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The president is exaggerating his “investment” in the military, especially when he suggests that he has spent more than $2 trillion on new equipment. That's the number for the total military budget
Donald Trump, President
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Historians universally out Lyndon B. Johnson at the top of the list, after Lincoln, and Trump far below.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: While the unemployment rates declined from April to May for whites (14.2% to 12.4%) and Hispanics (18.9% to 17.6%), the jobless rates ticked up slightly for blacks (16.7% to 16.8%) and Asians (14.5% to 15%).
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Biden proposes to raise an additional $4 trillion in taxes over 10 years, but the increases would fall mainly on very high-income earners and corporations, and wouldn't even double people's taxes at any income level.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The state is in the midst of a phased reopening. Restrictions have been eased although by no means eliminated in 24 counties, and will be relaxed in another 13 on May 15.
Joe Biden
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: An image appears to show a tweet issued by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It’s fake, posted by a now-defunct fake-tweet generator.