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Checked by PolitiFact18 Feb 2025United States Economy and jobs

Social media posts

“Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

Checked by FactCheck.org9 Feb 2021United States Economy and jobs

Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader

“[A]fter 20 years, only 5% of whites have student debt, but 95% of African Americans have debt.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The 2019 study he was trying to cite found that 51% of white student-loan holders and 74% of Black student borrowers still had debt 20 years after they started college.