Donald Trump, Former President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Aside from inflation, which was primarily caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and has moderated greatly since 2022, several economic measures show a strong economy under the Biden-Harris administration.
Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: Little Effect on Current Prices
FactCheck.org says: Economists consistently told us that the anti-price gouging proposal would have little effect on current grocery prices.
Trump campaign ad, Trump for president
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: This ad makes many false claims. Auto manufacturing is at a 34-year high.
Kamala Harris, Vice President
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Most firefighters, teachers and nurses earn between $50,000 and $100,000, and 91% of people in that range pay less than 15% in taxes. Most billionaires and corporations pay a higher rate than that.
Kamala Harris, Vice President
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Under Biden and Harris, the overall U.S. unemployment rate and the rates for several ethnic and racial groups have been relatively low by historical standards. But these rates are all higher now than the record lows.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: FEMA provides $750 assistance payments for essential supplies such as food, water and fuel. That assistance is not a loan that needs repaying, according to the agency and its spokespeople.
Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Harris was mostly correct in her description of Moody's Analytics, the Financial Times survey and the 16 Nobel laureates. But she is wrong about the Wharton analysis and exaggerates what Goldman Sachs said.
National Republican Senatorial Committee, -
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Vice President Harris has said that she will not attempt to ban fracking if elected president in 2024. It’s also questionable that more than 300,000 Pennsylvania jobs “depend on fracking.”
Kamala Harris, Vice President
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The numbers are a little lower than that, and may fall further with revisions expected to be formalized in early 2025. But they're close.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Under Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan, most Americans wouldn’t have to pay a tax on the appreciated value of their unsold assets. It would apply only to people with more than $100 million in wealth.
Kamala Harris, Vice President
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The specific projected dollar impact on consumers varies. Two estimates we found broadly support Harris’ $4,000 figure; two others show a smaller — though still significant — impact.
Kamala Harris, Vice president of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts
FactCheck.org says: Not all the funding has come from the IRA, and her jobs figure is an estimate based on announced projects.
Kamala Harris, vice president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The biggest reasons for the fall in inflation has been something the administration doesn’t control: interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, a decline in crude oil prices, and a slowdown in China.
Kamala Harris, Vice President
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Harris cited a figure that’s been popularly used for more than a decade. But its source is obscure.
Social media posts
USA TODAY rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that the Democratic vice presidential nominee supports a tax to pay for slavery reparations, or even direct payments as reparations.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Nikki Haley, former U.N. Ambassador
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Independent tax analysts agree that the Biden plan would not directly raise taxes on any household earning below $400,000 a year. It would pose small hits from the indirect impact of raising the corporate tax rate.