“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals according to (Congressional Budget Office), are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
Ron Johnson
U.S. Senator. Claim dated 2 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
In short
Ron Johnson (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 2 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 August 2020, 11 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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