“In fact, government statistics say almost 4 million people will lose their jobs if you mandate a $15 an hour job minimum wage.”
Rand Paul
U.S. senator. Fox News interview. Claim dated 20 Jan 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts
What FactCheck.org found
The Congressional Budget Office's median estimate is 1.3 million in 2025.
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In short
Rand Paul (U.S. senator) made this claim around 20 January 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 January 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Rand Paul has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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