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Eugene DePasquale, Auditor General of Pennsylvania and Democratic congressional candidate

“Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars ...and potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”

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.

Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee

“He’s proposing to eliminate a tax that pays for almost half of Social Security without any way of making up for that lost revenue, resulting in cuts.”

Washington Post rated this: In dispute

Washington Post says: Biden is relying on confusing comments made by President Trump after he signed an executive order that called for a payroll tax holiday after negotiations broke down with Congress on a coronavirus relief package.

Social media posts

“The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: On Aug. 4, FBI agents raided offices in Cleveland that belong to Optima Management Group LLC, which has ties to Ukraine. The sons of Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Joe Biden and Mitt Romney are unrelated to the investigation.